Any special way to clean the new pumps?
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Maybe add a little alcohol (vodka) to the water and create a hostile environment for the mold, seal tight in ziploc baggie. No really good idea though, the long term storage combined with the sugar in the syrups compounds the problem.
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I do as Paul suggested. Fill bottle with very hot water and pump it through.
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A bowlof soap & warm water. Place pump straw end in bowl then pum solution through pump. Same thing for rinsing.
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So far I have pumped about 4 bottles of Jordan's Skinny Syrup through mine and so far have not had to clean it. I had another pump a couple of years ago that needed cleaned and all I did was pump warm water through it, cleaned the nozzle right out and of course the rest of the pump too. pumped it dry a couple of times then put it back in syrup bottle and it worked fine.
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Cotton swabs and a toothbrush cleans the pump perfectly fine. The ceramic parts are easily scrubbed with a kitchen sponge or in the dishwasher. Save your money, no need for any specialty tools - everything is accessible and easy to get at with household items!
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take the pump out and remove the tube..look carefully inside (use a flashlight) gunk get built up along the sides of the tube (hard to see). If that is clear open up the pump it has 2 areas where u can put in a very small screwdriver to get it open. I have found tons of gunk in there. Good luck. I ended up not using mine anymore, much easier just to fill a bowl with clean water every day.
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My pump came with an instruction booklet that shows in detail how to clean the pump.
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change the removable filters from the wand the one that connects to tubing. Clean the wand tip with alcohol
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this is my second cartridge in 10 -11 years. I don't do anything special. When the pressure gauge on the tank rises, I shut the pump off and take the filter out of the tank (after draining the tank) and hose down (garden hose) the filter until it is totally clean. I put it back in the tank and add new DE powder and turn the pump back on. At the end of the season, I clean it the same way and soak it in a mixture of muratic acid and water, hose it off again and store it. Finally, I stopped leaving the tank, motor and filter outside during winter. After cleaning everything up it comes inside the basement or at least in the shed.
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Lift the top of the container and fill the reservoir with soap. We bought 2 and both didn't last for more than 3 months-I cleaned and maintained them.
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The pump is hard wired, so there's no easy way to replace it. You can however remove it from the bottom of the filter holder, and clean it out. It may just be clogged preventing the impeller from spinning.
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just use a vacuume, do not run them under water it can ruin them, the new plastic smell should be gone in like a week or so
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The pump itself never gets cleaned but the pump parts take about 2 minutes to wash in hot soapy water. I exclusively pump so I only wash the pump parts once a day. I just place them in the fridge in a zip lock bag inbetween pumps. A lot of pumpers do this.
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I had the same problem this year. Look on your tube and there are videos on how to clean it out and get it running again. the isnt much to the pump so its pretty easy to fix without having to buy anything.
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I just refilled one of mine recently and didn't have any problem. I wonder if soaking the pump action portion in hot water with a little vinegar might clear any soap build-up that may be clogging the mechanism.
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There is no special cleaning solution with this. You use whatever your equipment provider has recommended. Mine recommended a mild detergent followed by a vinegar and water rinse.
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I ran a good bit of warm soapy water through it several times and then did the same with clean water. I washed the outside of the pump as well.
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Not sure who you bought this from since this is a general forum. The pump must be cleaned on a weekly basis depending on the number of pets you have. You can review a nice video of how to do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYyTFv_u3Sw
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I have not had a problem with mine. Did you check out the video's on how to clean the pump? That might help.
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