So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to ask
someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a few
glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which usually
has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its not algee
from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

Have you had it long? If so, try cleaning it with white vinegar and keep
rinsing till the color leaves.

--

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in
one hand, Starbucks in the other, totally worn out and
screaming,

"WOO HOO what a ride!"

BetsyB



"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
t...
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to ask
someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its not
algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

Had it maybe a year or more. I have one at home that is much older.

I can run 2 or three glasses through it and it is clear. I'll try the
Vinegar to disenfect it. Any tricks to get the bottle of water out?

Scott-
"betsyb" wrote in message
...
Have you had it long? If so, try cleaning it with white vinegar and keep
rinsing till the color leaves.

--

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in
one hand, Starbucks in the other, totally worn out and
screaming,

"WOO HOO what a ride!"

BetsyB



"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
t...
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to
ask someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its
not algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

Scott Townsend wrote:
Had it maybe a year or more. I have one at home that is much older.

I can run 2 or three glasses through it and it is clear. I'll try the
Vinegar to disenfect it. Any tricks to get the bottle of water out?
[...]

Tip it off fast, inertia will keep most of the water in the bottle.
Grab the neck as soon as you can.

--
Grandpa

Scott Townsend wrote:

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks
for getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Hmm.

1. Duct tape the bottle to the dispenser. Turn the whole thing upside down.
Remove duct tape. Remove dispenser.

This probably won't work in that there's water in the internal resevior.

2. Get a moving dolly. Cart the whole enchalada into the parking lot and
disassemble there.

3. These "bottles" are plastic, right? Drill a teeny hole in the plastic, as
low as you can get, and catch the water stream in a bucket.

you have some MAJOR problems. first off, just
empty the water out a glass at a time. you probably
have a bacteria growing in your cooler. take the
bottle off the cooler, fill the reservoir with tap water.
put in 1/4th of a TEASPOON of Clorox in that water.
draw about 4 or 5 glasses of water through the cold
spiggot, and pour back into reservoir. do the same
on the hot. let the water sit for about 30 minutes.
draw out all that water and discard. now you MUST
get new bottles, as the bacteria is on your bottles, and
will re-infect your cooler...get new bottles. put a new
bottle on, and discard the first few glasses out of the
cold, and about 10 glasses out of the hot....
"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
t...
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to ask
someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its not
algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

4. Set a bunch of Plants around the dispenser and water them as you take the
bottle off

5. Get the Staff inturn/lacky to take it off and clean up the mess

"HeyBub" wrote in message
...
Scott Townsend wrote:

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks
for getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Hmm.

1. Duct tape the bottle to the dispenser. Turn the whole thing upside
down. Remove duct tape. Remove dispenser.

This probably won't work in that there's water in the internal resevior.

2. Get a moving dolly. Cart the whole enchalada into the parking lot and
disassemble there.

3. These "bottles" are plastic, right? Drill a teeny hole in the plastic,
as low as you can get, and catch the water stream in a bucket.

Do you own the dispenser, or are you renting it from a water delivery
company? If you're renting it, they might either clean it for you or
swap it out for a new machine. Otherwise, you've got to clean ti
yourself, as others have recommended.

Karen

Scott Townsend wrote:
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to
ask someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its
not algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

I think this is the correct approach, but I would suggest that after
draining the cooler unplug it and take it outside. Use dish washing
detergent and water to wash as much of the crud out as you can and rinse
well.

Now mix a bucket of hot water and add 1/2 cup of bleach per gallon and fill
up the cooler about 3/4 with this and shake things around a bit to get any
bubbles to pop. Now top it off, and let it sit for 5 minutes. Drain the
cooler through each of the taps

This will kill everything that is there. Now rinse everything with tap
water until you can no longer smell the chlorine.

Do not be tempted to think that more is better. Making the bleach solution
stronger does not kill any more bugs and the stronger you make it and the
longer you let it set the more likely you are to get corrosion on things you
do not want to corrode.

The contamination was likely caused by the outside of the bottle. It is
good practice to clean the neck of the bottle before dumping it into the
cooler.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.


"news" wrote in message
...
you have some MAJOR problems. first off, just
empty the water out a glass at a time. you probably
have a bacteria growing in your cooler. take the
bottle off the cooler, fill the reservoir with tap water.
put in 1/4th of a TEASPOON of Clorox in that water.
draw about 4 or 5 glasses of water through the cold
spiggot, and pour back into reservoir. do the same
on the hot. let the water sit for about 30 minutes.
draw out all that water and discard. now you MUST
get new bottles, as the bacteria is on your bottles, and
will re-infect your cooler...get new bottles. put a new
bottle on, and discard the first few glasses out of the
cold, and about 10 glasses out of the hot....
"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
t...
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to
ask
someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its
not
algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

Yeah, at $12/month I would have bought it already. Its mine. The one we
have at home has been in great shape for several years. In sunlight too.
Though its usage is far more then the one I have here at the office.

Looks like I'm off to get the bleach and vinegar...

Thanks,
Scott-
"dkhedmo" wrote in message
link.net...
Do you own the dispenser, or are you renting it from a water delivery
company? If you're renting it, they might either clean it for you or swap
it out for a new machine. Otherwise, you've got to clean ti yourself, as
others have recommended.

Karen

Scott Townsend wrote:
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to
ask someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its
not algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

Thanks I did think more might be better. *(-: Thanks for the Heads up. I am
pretty good about wiping down the bottle with the Hot water before I put it
in the unit.

Scott-0
"Roger Shoaf" wrote in message
...
I think this is the correct approach, but I would suggest that after
draining the cooler unplug it and take it outside. Use dish washing
detergent and water to wash as much of the crud out as you can and rinse
well.

Now mix a bucket of hot water and add 1/2 cup of bleach per gallon and
fill
up the cooler about 3/4 with this and shake things around a bit to get any
bubbles to pop. Now top it off, and let it sit for 5 minutes. Drain the
cooler through each of the taps

This will kill everything that is there. Now rinse everything with tap
water until you can no longer smell the chlorine.

Do not be tempted to think that more is better. Making the bleach
solution
stronger does not kill any more bugs and the stronger you make it and the
longer you let it set the more likely you are to get corrosion on things
you
do not want to corrode.

The contamination was likely caused by the outside of the bottle. It is
good practice to clean the neck of the bottle before dumping it into the
cooler.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube,
then
they come up with this striped stuff.


"news" wrote in message
...
you have some MAJOR problems. first off, just
empty the water out a glass at a time. you probably
have a bacteria growing in your cooler. take the
bottle off the cooler, fill the reservoir with tap water.
put in 1/4th of a TEASPOON of Clorox in that water.
draw about 4 or 5 glasses of water through the cold
spiggot, and pour back into reservoir. do the same
on the hot. let the water sit for about 30 minutes.
draw out all that water and discard. now you MUST
get new bottles, as the bacteria is on your bottles, and
will re-infect your cooler...get new bottles. put a new
bottle on, and discard the first few glasses out of the
cold, and about 10 glasses out of the hot....
"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
t...
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to
ask
someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its
not
algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

I lift them out.

--

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in
one hand, Starbucks in the other, totally worn out and
screaming,

"WOO HOO what a ride!"

BetsyB



"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
et...
Had it maybe a year or more. I have one at home that is much older.

I can run 2 or three glasses through it and it is clear. I'll try the
Vinegar to disenfect it. Any tricks to get the bottle of water out?

Scott-
"betsyb" wrote in message
...
Have you had it long? If so, try cleaning it with white vinegar and keep
rinsing till the color leaves.

--

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in
one hand, Starbucks in the other, totally worn out and
screaming,

"WOO HOO what a ride!"

BetsyB



"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
t...
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to
ask someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its
not algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

I tell my customers to buy one of those new
Clorox handi-wipes, that pop up one at a time.
keep it close to the cooler and wipe down the
neck of the bottle each time...


"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
t...
Thanks I did think more might be better. *(-: Thanks for the Heads up. I
am pretty good about wiping down the bottle with the Hot water before I
put it in the unit.

Scott-0
"Roger Shoaf" wrote in message
...
I think this is the correct approach, but I would suggest that after
draining the cooler unplug it and take it outside. Use dish washing
detergent and water to wash as much of the crud out as you can and rinse
well.

Now mix a bucket of hot water and add 1/2 cup of bleach per gallon and
fill
up the cooler about 3/4 with this and shake things around a bit to get
any
bubbles to pop. Now top it off, and let it sit for 5 minutes. Drain the
cooler through each of the taps

This will kill everything that is there. Now rinse everything with tap
water until you can no longer smell the chlorine.

Do not be tempted to think that more is better. Making the bleach
solution
stronger does not kill any more bugs and the stronger you make it and the
longer you let it set the more likely you are to get corrosion on things
you
do not want to corrode.

The contamination was likely caused by the outside of the bottle. It is
good practice to clean the neck of the bottle before dumping it into the
cooler.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube,
then
they come up with this striped stuff.


"news" wrote in message
...
you have some MAJOR problems. first off, just
empty the water out a glass at a time. you probably
have a bacteria growing in your cooler. take the
bottle off the cooler, fill the reservoir with tap water.
put in 1/4th of a TEASPOON of Clorox in that water.
draw about 4 or 5 glasses of water through the cold
spiggot, and pour back into reservoir. do the same
on the hot. let the water sit for about 30 minutes.
draw out all that water and discard. now you MUST
get new bottles, as the bacteria is on your bottles, and
will re-infect your cooler...get new bottles. put a new
bottle on, and discard the first few glasses out of the
cold, and about 10 glasses out of the hot....
"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
t...
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to
ask
someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill
a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its
not
algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-

Vinegar will do nothing, and you do not want to mix it with bleach.

Vinegar is used to de-lime, and to prevent bacteria from taking hold Pickle
making) not to kill it off. The bacteria in your cooler may be able to
survive vinegar but chlorine does all the buggies in.

--
Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.



"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
et...
Yeah, at $12/month I would have bought it already. Its mine. The one we
have at home has been in great shape for several years. In sunlight too.
Though its usage is far more then the one I have here at the office.

Looks like I'm off to get the bleach and vinegar...

Thanks,
Scott-
"dkhedmo" wrote in message
link.net...
Do you own the dispenser, or are you renting it from a water delivery
company? If you're renting it, they might either clean it for you or
swap
it out for a new machine. Otherwise, you've got to clean ti yourself, as
others have recommended.

Karen

Scott Townsend wrote:
So I have a GE water dispenser that has Hot, Cold and a 'Fridge'

So lately the watter is coming out either Green or Brown, (I'd have to
ask someone as I cant see the difference between the two colors)

The Water in the 5 gallon bottle is clear and looks clean. If I fill a
few glasses of water it comes clear. The unit is in my office, which
usually has the lights off and has never seen the light of day. So Its
not algee from the sun or anything.

1) What is it?
2) Why is it there?
3) what is the best way to get rid of it?

there is still about 3 gallons of water in the bottle. Any tricks for
getting the bottle off without making a mess?

Thanks,
Scott=-