Sterilising your water dispensers?? Please don't forget to

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
20/06/2011 14:38

Hope you remember, it is so quick and easy and keeps you safe from the nasties!



We do it every bottle change.

Sugarpuffbear


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Message Posted:
20/06/2011 15:53

For those of us who have not had to do this before perhaps you could explain how to do it? Is it with boiling water? Thank you

jenfarrall


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Message Posted:
20/06/2011 16:07

I use Milton sterilising tablets,about once a month as you change bottle,pour Milton solution into empty bottle,fit back to cooler,draw some solution through,leaving solution to sit in pipes for maybe an hour,job done PS Milton is available in ablet or liquid form from Pharmacies

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
20/06/2011 17:34

sorry, did not think to say how to do it, but same method as above.



I really just wanted to advise people who perhaps have never used them on a long term basis.



No-one ever told me to do it, I think i read about the nasties of the 'net and started after perhaps a whole year, guess I was lucky not to catch anything.

Whistler


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Message Posted:
20/06/2011 20:23

Well done, good advice for everybody.

Hector


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Message Posted:
20/06/2011 21:49

Great advice. Especially important for those who only use them in their holiday homes. Sterilise before using them and change any full water bottles that have gone past their use by date.

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
21/06/2011 11:45

Just to keep this at the top for a while (to keep us all safe from tummy bugs)

cyprusairsoft



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Message Posted:
21/06/2011 14:39

regular turning over of water in your ground or roof tanks is a must or your old friend e coli will greet you

kaiserphil


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Message Posted:
21/06/2011 15:21

Sounds like good advice. Must say it never occurred to me when I lived there.

JohhnyLee


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Message Posted:
21/06/2011 15:52

I do ours on a regular basis. This is good advice to publish on here, It is quite amazing just how bad they can get.



Most of them the top section will normally come out, for cleansing, You can also use a mild bleach solution or chlorine tablet in hot water, and rinse well.



Also as someone pointed out even more important for the Swallows, who may have left their machine with a little water in the system,



I would suggest that if you are a Swallow you drain it and clean it before you leave.



Also very important, Shower heads should be left hanging down for all water to drain, if not being used for a while.

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
21/06/2011 23:09

bttt please

niceone


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Posts: 60

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 23:35

Can you put milton into your stored water tank, we only use it for washing showers etc, never for drinking or cooking

P.S we are swallows

philbailey


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Message Posted:
21/06/2011 23:37

Do not run with scissors

Navek



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Message Posted:
21/06/2011 23:48

I normally run boiling water through our dispenser,

any water jugs are put in dishwasher on a regular basis.

Navek

keith


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Posts: 272

Message Posted:
22/06/2011 00:12

Where can you get milton solution from in N C

Keith

jenfarrall


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Posts: 297

Message Posted:
22/06/2011 00:30

Most pharmacies stock fluid and tablet form

JohhnyLee


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Message Posted:
22/06/2011 01:14

Milton would cost an awful lot to put in your stored water tank, (very mild) use a few chlorine tablets or mild bleach,



Actually Bleach is probably one of the best, my sister runs an Hospital cleaning team in the UK and she always says that things like MRSA where due to the lack of use of bleach.

smoggyjim


Joined: 21/07/2007
Posts: 214

Message Posted:
22/06/2011 14:09

A cap full of bleach should kill the germs in a one or two ton water tank, chemical plants use a industrial bleach but measure it in the ppm (parts per million) range to kill bugs.

niceone


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Message Posted:
22/06/2011 23:29

Very helpful everyone



Thank you very much

rowlo



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Message Posted:
22/06/2011 23:41

use the bleach method , tastes horrid , but sure makes your teeth white , note , this only applies to those of us with our own teeth , those with dentures should use the chlorine method and leave to steep overnight

LooseBoots



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Posts: 1258

Message Posted:
28/06/2011 15:08

I have managed to get hold of the tablets..........



Do you just leave the tablet in the unit for an hour....I have come to the end of the bottle..........

JohhnyLee


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Message Posted:
28/06/2011 16:36

Mr Pound have the tablets normally, Loose Boot's dosn't the top come off your unit, does it have around section that simply unscrews, if it does its a good idea to take all that apart and give it a good clean and rinse in mild hot bleach solution.

Smity



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Message Posted:
28/06/2011 21:23

Good post I bet a lot of people like me who use there place as a holiday home never thought of that

Just got some tablets off Ebay to bring out in summer



Nice 1 Sue

Thanks

keith


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Message Posted:
28/06/2011 22:10

What tablets did you get

nostradamus


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Message Posted:
29/06/2011 07:08

I use tablets, available from any pharmacy, called 'disinfectant effervescent tablets'. They are made by an Italian company, Chicco. They are about 19TL for 24 tablets and each tablet dissolves in 5 litres of water which is more than enough for a water cooler.

ClareW


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Message Posted:
29/06/2011 17:45

Chicco also sell the liquid version - we found it on the baby products counter in our local supermarket.

Smity



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Message Posted:
29/06/2011 17:49

Kieth

Milton tablets

Smity



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Message Posted:
29/06/2011 17:50

Sorry Keith

Spelt your name wrong



But they are Milton tablets

Groucho



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Message Posted:
29/06/2011 19:22

Why do you need to put the cleansing solution in a bidon? Surely you can pour a jugful into the top once you've removed the bidon and draw that through?

keith


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Message Posted:
29/06/2011 20:58

Thanks all

Smity some people spell in that way not a problem

Kieth

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
30/06/2011 00:11

This is more important to your health than lots of the topics on here so back to the top please

steptoenoel


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Message Posted:
30/06/2011 01:47

Sue,thanks for advice,only have holiday place,drain cooler everytime but never thought of putting milton or similar through machine.Ironically I bleach shower heads etc.

Furryfriends


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Message Posted:
30/06/2011 08:03

back to top for holiday makers

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
30/06/2011 16:27

bttt - and tell your friends/neighbours who may not use the forum about it please, lets all stay safe.

kiwikid


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Posts: 496

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 16:31

I bought some Milton tablets yesterday at the chemist in town 7.50tl for a box, Cleaned my unit in the afternoon, thought I had run it though enough after cleaning it until I made a fliter Coffee with the water. All I can say is it was not nice!! ran more water though nearly half a 19lt bottle and now I have to say water tastes a lot better.

Thank you for this advice, would never of thought about it before.

kathy1


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Message Posted:
30/06/2011 16:53

this is good news ,will be doing it in the future

Babrew


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Message Posted:
07/07/2011 13:34

The chemist gave me 2 local stelisation tabs for my water filter. I did leave the tabs in for 24 hours. I have turned on the water lots and bought a new bottle but still the water tastes of chlorine. Is it harmful to drink, its even worse when emptied in a little drinking bottle.

kiwikid


Joined: 18/08/2008
Posts: 496

Message Posted:
07/07/2011 20:29

I ran though half a 19lt bottle before it tasted ok, it shouldn't harm you as it is the same stuff you clean baby bottles in. It just tastes horrid in coffee!

islandgirl


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Message Posted:
07/07/2011 23:27

It is also the same stuff we swim in in chlorinated pools, chlorine can not be all the bad. generations in my family have trusted milton.