Claims
- 1. A method for preventing microbial growth in an electronic air cleaner having an electrostatic precipitator cell including a plurality of collector plates arrayed in parallel spaced relationship and disposed within a gas flow passage defined within a housing and extending between an inlet to the housing and an outlet to the housing, comprising:
- disposing at least one lamp for emitting germicidal light within the housing either upstream or downstream of the array of collector plates;
- aligning said at least one lamp parallel to the array of collector plates; and
- providing at least one reflector in operative association with said at least one lamp for directing germicidal light emitted from said at least one germicidal lamp to irradiate upon said collecting plates at an angle of incidence.
- 2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said germicidal light is ultraviolet light.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 08/779,315, filed Jan. 6, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,879,435.
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