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APPENDIX THREE – Cleaning
Your n2Vin came with a container of Crosby and Baker “B-Bright” cleaning agent. This is
a white powder consisting of Sodium Carbonate Peroxyhydrate or oxygen bleach. When
mixed with water per instructions the solution becomes a slightly stronger concentration
of hydrogen peroxide than that found in brown plastic bottles in grocery and pharmacy
stores everywhere. Replacement containers of the B-Bright product are available from
Presque Isle Wine Cellars - www.piwine.com - 814-725-1314.
Sodium Carbonate Peroxyhydrate is the active agent in many tooth-whitening
toothpastes and oral rinses. It is odorless and tasteless and leaves no harmful residue.
The solution is most effective when mixed with hot tap water.
Clip the Zip Ties holding the Bottle Heads to the upper back Hanger Rail at this
time. Discard the cut Zip ties.
Put one level teaspoon of B-Bright in a wine bottle and fill the bottle to its
upper shoulder with hot tap water.
Cover the top of the bottle with your thumb and shake to assure complete
dissolution. Place a kitchen towel (folded) on the Bottle Deck.
Confirm all Bottle Gas Valves are OFF.
Confirm Master Gas Valve is ON and your gas supply is active.
Connect the bottle normally to a Bottle Head, tighten the seal, turn the Bottle
Gas Valve ON and dispense about one-ounce into a glass or cup.
Turn the Bottle Gas Valve OFF, loosen the Bottle Head and hang on its position
on the Bottle Head Hanger Rail letting the bottom of the tube drip onto the
towel.
Repeat with each of the five Bottle Heads.
Drain and rinse the solution from the bottle, saving a small glass full to clean
Taps in a moment**. Fill with warm water and rinse each line just as you did
with the cleansing solution.
Pour out the water from the wine bottle, and connect it empty to a Bottle
Head as before – seal, gas valve on, etc. Now ‘dispense’. You will only get a
few drops of clear water at the tubing is blown clear.
Pickup the cleanser-soaked towel and wipe the Bottle Head Seals and wine
tubing with it.
Rinse the towel with clear water, ring it fairly dry, and wipe the Bottle Deck
and any interior surfaces you might have splashed with the cleaning solution.
**Before emptying the last of the cleaning solution from the glass, dip one of
the Tap tip cleaning swabs into the solution and swab the interior of the Tap
outlets with it.
You are now ready to install your wines!
This cleaning procedure should be performed every two or three months. If you are
going to store the n2Vin, you must clean it as described above before storage!
