What you will need:
- Clean rubber gloves.
- Paper towels or clean dry towels.
- A plastic scrub brush. A long handle will make cleaning easier. Never use soap or detergents, or other abrasives on your reservoir.
- A measuring spoon – one teaspoon volume.
- Calibrated container, e.g. 2-gallon bucket.
- Unscented household liquid bleach.
- Clean 1 gallon container filled with bottled water.
Steps to cleaning your water cooler:
Step 1: Unplug the power cord.
Step 2: Remove the bottle.
Step 3: Drain all the water from the cold tap into a bucket and discard water.
Step 4: Remove the cooler top.
Step 5: Drain the remaining water in the cooler.
Step 6: Prepare a cleaning solution in the calibrated container by adding one teaspoon of unscented household liquid bleach to each gallon of water.
Step 7: Wearing clean rubber gloves, immerse the lint-free towel and/or scrub brush in the cleaning solution. Squeeze all excess cleaning solution from the towel and clean all surfaces of the reservoir interior. DO NOT pour the cleaning solution directly into the reservoir.
Step 8: Rinse the reservoir – Carefully fill the reservoir with bottled water from the one gallon container, to 1/2 inch from the top of the reservoir. Completely drain the rinse water from the reservoir through the cold tap.
Step 9: Use the same cleaning solution brush and/or cloth to clean the baffle, the cooler top, drip receptor and taps. If your cooler is equipped with a no spill device, it should be cleaned with the same cleaning solution. Take care not to get the air filter wet. Use the clean 1 gallon container filled with bottled water to thoroughly rinse these parts.
Step 10: Wearing rubber gloves, reinstall all parts again.
Step 11: Place a bottle back on the cooler and drain two cups of water from each tap, or until there is no evidence of chlorine taste/odour.
Step 12: Plug the cooler back in. Allow ±45 minutes for the water to reach the appropriate temperature.
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