cleaning powerheads w/ vinegar

[crusty1]

Last week I took freeform citric acid that you can buy from the health food store, and poured it in water to a pH of 3. Ran the pumps overnight, used a toothbrush to clean everything up and Voila, the pumps looked like brand new again. I think citric acid is even cheaper than vinager.
Chris

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by reeferaddict

Ya .. I'm thinking 10 or 15 gallons of bleach will pretty much kill everything... Acid could work too.... it's aqueous and could totally be washed out too...

um so is bleach, but it has the added benifit of baing a basic solution inseat of an asidic, which actualy works better on organic material. so the end result is that an asid will kill it but a basic will remove it with out dammaging any equipment.

Steve