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5.
Disconnect the CO
2
purge and pulse hoses from the top of the machine and place the ends
in a bucket or to a drain. Cleaning solution or water will flow through these hoses when
the sanitizing pump is plugged in.
6.
Plug in the sanitizing pump.
7.
Be certain you have at least 3 rows of empty bottles on the machine and press the Clean
button. The machine will begin the program and “Cleaning” will appear in the message
display and the Clean button will change from red to green. The RUN light will also be
illuminated.
8.
During the cleaning cycle it is acceptable to hose off the machine and bottling area. Care
should be taken to keep water from splashing on the control panel and electrical devices.
9.
The cleaning cycle will fill 2 rows of bottles with solution flowing through the CO
2
purge
and pulse hoses removed in step 5 as well as from the valves under the machine. At the
end of the second cycle the machine will stop with the filling and capping heads down
and the operator interface will display the following instruction “Reconnect hoses
and/Reset to continue”. Reconnect the CO
2
purge and pulse hoses and press the Blow
Out button. The machine will index one more row of bottles, the filling and capping
heads will come down and CO
2
will flow from the system for 15 seconds to complete the
cleaning. When cleaning is complete the fill head and capping head will remain down
and “Cleaning Complete” will be displayed in the message display. The filling heads can
be raised by pressing the Clean button to turn off the cycle and pressing the Reset button.
10.
When the cleaning cycle is complete, unplug the pump, as cleaning liquid will continue to
flow through the pressure sensor hose until the pump is unplugged. Leave the beer line
pressure sensor hose disconnected from the pressure sensor and hang vertically to
promote draining.
11.
During the cleaning cycle the off-gas regulating system is flushed and blown out with
CO
2
and should be clean. No other cleaning of this system should be required.
12.
When the cleaning cycle is complete, be sure to remove all bottle caps from the cap
feeding ramps before disconnecting the air supply. If caps are not removed from the
machine when the air source is disconnected, they will all fall into the capping head and
jam the cap feeding mechanism. Also pull rubber bottle seals down or remove them and
clean behind them so that no moisture remains behind the seals.
13.
After the cleaning cycle is complete, it is recommended that excess moisture and debris
be blown off the machine using compressed air. The bottler is now ready to be stored for
the next use.
Never use high pressure air, gas or city water to blow out the fill
manifold while the 5/32” pressure sensor hose is connected to the bottom of the
control panel. Damage to the pressure sensor due to over pressurization is not
warranted by Meheen Manufacturing.