Hi,

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!
I guess the pipes need cleaning as they'd been standing for a couple of
years, all plumbed in just not used.
I've tried running loads of water through, this has made it better, but not
to a standard I'd actually drink!

The ice maker has been in use continuously, and that is fine, I filled a
glass with ice and let it evaporate, no nasties were seen!

So, any thoughts on how to get the pipes clean?

Cheers

Mat

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Mat C" saying
something like:

So, any thoughts on how to get the pipes clean?

Test tube cleaners or similar - you know the type of thing, bristles
twisted on a wire, available in all sorts of flexibility.
If the pipework is too twisty, can you disconnect it and fill it with a
solution of sodium hydroxide /borax / bleach?

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Mat C" saying
something like:

So, any thoughts on how to get the pipes clean?

Test tube cleaners or similar - you know the type of thing, bristles
twisted on a wire, available in all sorts of flexibility.
If the pipework is too twisty, can you disconnect it and fill it with a
solution of sodium hydroxide /borax / bleach?
When I had a boat the fresh water tank tended to get gunged up, I found
bicarb a good solution (pun unintended. Mind you there were no
convoluted pipes to worry about, just one about 22mm diameter.

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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

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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

On 16 July, 09:23, "Mat C" wrote:
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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?

GMM wrote:
On 16 July, 09:23, "Mat C" wrote:

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?

I think it's a plumbed in fridge. No reservoir.

Tim