How to clean the scale on the water dispenser

Water dispenser is a tool that we all like very much. This is because water dispenser can filter some substances in the water. Therefore, everyone likes to use water dispenser to boil water for drinking. We all know that water dispenser is helpful for people's health, but is it definitely safe to drink water from a water dispenser? In fact, if the water dispenser is not handled properly, it will cause great harm to people's health. Water dispensers can also have scale, which is something many people know. So what is the best way to clean the scale on a water dispenser? Let’s talk about it in detail below.

The inner wall of the water dispenser is covered with a layer of white alkali, which is mostly calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, but also contains a variety of harmful elements such as mercury, cadmium, lead, arsenic, etc. If it is not cleaned in time and repeatedly used to boil and fill water, the harmful elements will accumulate more and more and can dissolve in the water again. When people drink it, they enter the human body, causing chronic poisoning and even cancer and malformations, which seriously endangers human health.

1. Cut off the power supply of the water dispenser and remove the empty bucket. First, clean the surface of the machine with neutral detergent, but do not use organic detergents, otherwise it will corrode the surface of the water dispenser; you can use a dry cloth or alcohol cotton ball to clean the water inlet, faucet, water tray and other parts;

2. Open the sewage pipe behind the water dispenser and all drinking water switches to drain the remaining water;

3. Use a clean cloth to wipe off the white scale on the water tank;

4. Fill the water tank with clean water, then put in a disinfectant tablet (such as the "Shu Yikang Decontamination Effervescent Tablet" sold in pharmacies for the disinfection of water dispensers), and soak for 15 to 30 minutes;

5. Turn on all switches of the water dispenser, including the sewage pipe and drinking water switch, and drain the disinfectant;

6. Continue to pour in boiling water or bottled water to continuously rinse the entire cavity of the water dispenser, then turn on all switches and drain the rinse liquid. Repeat several times until the released water has no chlorine smell, then it can be drunk;

7. Finally, tighten the drain valve and wipe the back wall of the switch with disinfectant to complete the entire disinfection process.

After the water dispenser is cleaned with disinfectant (such as special descaling agent for water dispensers, 84 disinfectant), there may be a special smell when drinking water, and some friends may be more sensitive. In this regard, the editor recommends that you use lemon for cleaning instead. On the one hand, the acidity of lemon can play a disinfecting role, and on the other hand, it will leave a fresh lemon fragrance. You can prepare a lemon, squeeze out the lemon juice, add 10 times the volume of water and mix well, pour it into the water tank, soak for half an hour, and follow the same cleaning steps as above.

There are many harmful substances in scale, so it is necessary to clean it in time to ensure the health of the water dispenser. The water dispenser is of great help to people's health, so everyone must pay attention to it and clean the scale in time to ensure good health. What is the best way to clean the scale in the water dispenser? Looking at the introduction above, I believe everyone already knows how to do it. I hope our introduction can help everyone.