On 16 July, 09:23, "Mat C" wrote:
"OG" wrote in message

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"Owain" wrote in message
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On 15 July, 11:54, "Mat C" wrote:
I've got a fridge with a water dispenser which hasn't been used for
quite a
while, not I've gone on a bit of a health kick, I thought I'd start
using it
again.
However, whenever it's used the water is full of particles/floating
things!
So, any thoughts on how to get the pipes clean?

Denture cleaning tablets?

Owain

When the children were little we had a bottle of Milton's (1% Sodium
Hypochlorate), and we used a dilute solution of it for many years after
for cleaning and desmellifying bottles, flasks,food containers and the
like.

Owen

Thanks for the suggestions guys, the trick I think is going to be getting
the cleaning stuff down the tube. There's a decent length of piping leading
to the outlet, which goes around in a large loop a number of times at the
back of the fridge, to cool the water. The only way I can thing to get this
stuff in would be with a syringe.. Any other thoughts?

Cheers

Mat

I'd second Owen's Milton suggestion - It's the recommended way of
cleaning things like camelbak water bladders. Of course, if it's
scale-type stuff, you might be better off with something acid like
vinegar - maybe each of them in turn would do a job. Whatever you
use, if you fill the reservoir, then run enough through, won't it fill
the tubes/loops so it can be left there for a bit to do its job?