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Article #18453Re: Coffee Makers - use salt
From: Mark Cravatts
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1988 23:49
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1988 23:49
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I discovered a better way to clean out coffee makers and similar appliances. I experimented with my babies' bottle warmer. After using vinegar for a while, I noticed it kept taking longer to warm bottles. I figured that the vinegar wasn't good enough. I then decided to try salt. A small amount, mixed with water does a great job. But there is a difference. You must operate the warmer or coffee maker with the salt solution in it. You should have seen the warmer jump around on the counter top the first time I tried it!!!. I used too much salt and must have been drawing nearly 10 Amps!!! Start out with an 1/8 teaspoon per 8 ounces and work up/down from there. But after doing this once, and many times since, the warmer works like new. Mark Cravatts
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!princeton!allegra!mc From: mc@allegra.UUCP (Mark Cravatts) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Coffee Makers - use salt Message-ID: <8536@allegra.UUCP> Date: 1 Feb 88 23:49:32 GMT References: <2718@cup.portal.com> <3080@macom1.UUCP> Reply-To: mc@allegra.UUCP (Mark Cravatts) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 14 Posted: Mon Feb 1 18:49:32 1988