How to Sanitise your Bottled & Bottleless Water Cooler

It is important to note that the following sanitisation process should be carried our every 3 months or sooner if there has been any known contamination of your water cooler or water machine. If your machine or cooler is left unused or left empty for a length of time then you should also sanitise the machine immediately before letting people dispense water from the machine.

If your water cooler is connected to the mains water supply then you must replace your filter every 6 months. If your filter is older than 6 months then it must be REMOVED from the machine to avoid Health and Safety concerns.

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For Point Of Use / Plumbed in Coolers:
 Shut off the water using your Shut Off Valve on the inlet pipe
 Replace your coolers filter with the Mini Dosa using the push fit connectors. It is important the filter is REMOVED, as any carbon filter would make the sanitising solution ineffective.
 Unscrew the see through container at the base of your Mini Dosa
 Put 20ml of Sanitiser fluid into the container and refit to the Mini Dosa
 Empty your coolers tank through the taps
 Turn the water back on using the Shut Off Valve
 Leave the machine for 10 minutes
 While you are waiting clean your cooler with your Aqua Dosa™ Wipes
 Shut off water
 Empty your coolers tank through the taps
 If you have a hot machine turn off the red hot switch and then drain the water through your hot tank drain (normally located at the base or back of your machine)
 Replace the filter; if your filter is 6 months old then it needs to be replaced, otherwise the filter must be REMOVED from the machine to avoid Health and Safety concerns.
 Turn on the water using your Shut Off Valve
 If you have a hot machine leave for 5 minutes to ensure that the hot tank is full and turn on the red hot switch
 Flush half a bucket of water through your taps to remove any remaining Sanitiser Fluid
 Taste water to ensure quality
 Your cooler is now ready to use

For Bottled Fed Coolers:
 Remove the empty bottle from your machine
 Remove the Spike Housing and the separator you will then see the tank
 Using your Sanitiser Bottle pour 20ml of Sanitiser Fluid into the tank
 Leave the machine for 10 minutes
 While you are waiting clean your cooler with your Aqua Dosa™ Wipes paying attention to the Spike Housing and the separator
 Empty your coolers tank through the taps
 If you have a hot machine turn off the red hot switch and then drain the water through your hot tank drain (normally located at the base or back of your machine)
 Replace the Spike Housing and the separator and place a full bottle on the machine
 If you have a hot machine leave for 5 minutes to ensure that the hot tank is full and turn on the red hot switch
 Leave the machine for 5 minutes to enable the coolers tank to fill up
 Flush half a bucket of water through your taps to remove any remaining Sanitiser Fluid
 Taste water to ensure quality
 Your cooler is now ready to use

Direct Chill:
For Direct Chill Systems the procedures outlined above remain somewhat valid but we would advise you to contact your supplier for more detail.

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