the invention relates to a method for the cooling of exhaust air of a reinigungsger u00e4ts, that the following steps: a) a first includes launch volume of water (20) in a dampfkondensator (1) of a reinigungsger u00e4ts, a vapour arrester to a abluftauslass (8) of the dampfkondensato rs (1) to build up(b) run by air (6) in a chamber of the reinigungsger u00e4ts through out of the water (20) formed through the abluftauslass vapour arrester (8) and the exhaust air (6) is in direct contact with the water (20) occurs. the invention concerns also a method suitable for the implementation of this dampfkondensator and a cleaning machine with such a dampfkondensator.