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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
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Posted: Mon Feb  1 18:49:32 1988


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