Cleaning pH meter

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Cleaning pH meter

Post by jens49 » Sat Mar 24, 2018 09:13

Did not want to hi jack your thread on pH meters.
How and with what do you "wash" the glass spear after use. The manual says -be extremely carefull - Not even allowed to wipe it with tissue. :smile:
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Post by reddal » Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:35

jens49 wrote:Did not want to hi jack your thread on pH meters.
How and with what do you "wash" the glass spear after use. The manual says -be extremely carefull - Not even allowed to wipe it with tissue. :smile:
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Hi,

I'm not sure what the right answer is - but I first dip it in acetone and dab (not wipe) it clean on tissuepaper, then do the same in distilled water a couple of times. Then its straight back into its storage fluid.

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Post by Bob K » Sat Mar 24, 2018 13:06

If you have the glass bulb type you should never touch or wipe it. If you are using for sausage making (cleaning off grease/fat residue) you can soak in in warm soapy water, rinse with distilled water, and store in storage solution.
My glass bulb type lasted almost 3 years using that routine
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Post by jens49 » Sat Mar 24, 2018 16:52

Will do
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Post by reddal » Sun Mar 25, 2018 20:42

Bob K wrote:If you have the glass bulb type you should never touch or wipe it. If you are using for sausage making (cleaning off grease/fat residue) you can soak in in warm soapy water, rinse with distilled water, and store in storage solution.
My glass bulb type lasted almost 3 years using that routine
Ah yes - I was talking about the stabby meat probe type - I guess the glass bulb type is different.
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Post by Bob K » Mon Mar 26, 2018 13:21

Question. What is the proper way to clean the meat/cheese spears?
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Post by jcflorida » Fri Apr 06, 2018 20:09

Bob K, I recently sent the following question to Apera Instruments:
I recently purchased the Apera PH60S that I use for sausage. Works great so far, but I don't see anything about cleaning the spear probe in the instructions. How should the probe be cleaned?
And got this response:
Hi John, thanks for reaching out. You can always use distilled water. If the residuals persist, you can use soap water and a brush.
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