The ice maker where I used to work got removed after health and safety raided. I told them it said to clean it every week...
The ice maker where I used to work got removed after health and safety raided. I told them it said to clean it every week...
Make a mixture of 1 gallon water, 1 cup household bleach (Clorox, etc.), and 1 cup white wine vinegar. It's a cheap and very effective disinfectant - use it to flush out the water line and clean the ice maker in your refrigerator. Also works great for eliminating the black mold growing in the grout lines of a shower stall.
Bleach by itself has long been used as a disinfectant, but adding the vinegar to it changes the pH factor (makes it slightly acidic), magnifying the antimicrobial effects.
My father's sole piece of political advice: "Son, politicians are like underwear - to keep them clean, you've got to change them often."
So you suggest throwing chlorine in? Might as well go to the swimming pool then.
Originally Posted by wikipedia
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Run bleach through it regularly, very diluted bleach of course or you will kill the hoses/plastic and leave a residue with a bleachy good taste
This problem is why virtually no restraunts use open handles ice machines anymore (the old kind with the big hatch and you reach in and scoop out the ice) because you need to clean them several times a day and the health inspector will bite you in the rear everytime. Most places with their act together use ice dispensers (push the button here comes ice) becuase you can just run diluted bleach through it once a day as part of the cleaning cycle and the constant cycle of movement lessens the chance of mold buildup, whereas a bunch of ice sitting together in one place gives you mold mold mold.
I'm assuming you are talking about a built in machine in your firidge, in which case you may need to interrupt the water line and run the bleach through it, unless you have a removable unit. Also, cycle it more if the ice reservoir is small, and throw a lot of ice out, like once a week run it unitl its dry to help flsuh all the critters out
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it all seems like a lot of hassle for a bit of ice in your drink, just get an ice cube tray!
i wouldn't fancy bleachy ice anyway personally![]()
Excactly what happened where I used to work...Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump
I fixed their coke machine by hitting it with a spanner too. Fun place.
use the lid on the bleach. fill it with bleach. add to 2 gallons of water and mix. its no different than the typical sanitizer restraunts pay 5 dollars a gallon for, and it leaves no taste. We arent talking about pouring bleach in all on its own, but when its heavily diluted you could literally drink the stuff without harm
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does exposure to bleach have an accumilated effect though?
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