How often and what is the best way to clean the boiler outlet area on an on-going/daily basis?
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hi Stephanie, I am not sure what is the boiler outlet area but I will tell you how I clean my machine. I clean the water container approximately once a week when I refill it by placing it under the running water and rinsing it. I clean the spout where I froth the milk by pulling the bigger and the smaller nozzles (one inside of the other) and placing them under the running water and rubbing the milk off with my fingers. I do this after every frothing. Instead, if you are talking about the dripping part where the coffee touches the machine, I never clean that part. Hope this has answer your question. Please let me know if I didn't.
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Greetings Stephanie,First, we love the De Longhi. Returned the first two espresso machines that I purchased, but this one is a keeper. We use it every day.Perhaps mixing some white vinegar with water and run it through the machine will clean it out.
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hi Stephanie, I am not sure what is the boiler outlet area but I will tell you how I clean my machine. I clean the water container approximately once a week when I refill it by placing it under the running water and rinsing it. I clean the spout where I froth the milk by pulling the bigger and the smaller nozzles (one inside of the other) and placing them under the running water and rubbing the milk off with my fingers. I do this after every frothing. Instead, if you are talking about the dripping part where the coffee touches the machine, I never clean that part. Hope this has answer your question. Please let me know if I didn't. hi Stephanie, I am not sure what is the boiler outlet area but I will tell you how I clean my machine. I clean the water container approximately once a week when I refill it by placing it under the running water and rinsing it. I clean the spout where I froth the milk by pulling the bigger and the smaller nozzles (one inside of the other) and placing them under the running water and rubbing the milk off with my fingers. I do this after every frothing. Instead, if you are talking about the dripping part where the coffee touches the machine, I never clean that part. Hope this has answer your... » Read More hi Stephanie, I am not sure what is the boiler outlet area but I will tell you how I clean my machine. I clean the water container approximately once a week when I refill it by placing it under the running water and rinsing it. I clean the spout where I froth the milk by pulling the bigger and the smaller nozzles (one inside of the other) and placing them under the running water and rubbing the milk off with my fingers. I do this after every frothing. Instead, if you are talking about the dripping part where the coffee touches the machine, I never clean that part. Hope this has answer your question. Please let me know if I didn't. « Show Less
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Go over it with a towel.this dries the floor and also allows you to see how clean the floor actually is after steaming
380666
I clean mine once a year, but run fire hotter than most. don't really believe in the air-tite belief. When you burn that way you get twice the buildup in your chimney. At any rate may very well save you from a fire, pretty cheap insurance!
904836
We typically clean it at the end of the day. We have with another machine left it the next day. We just wipe down the glass, surface, etc. we only clean the actual heating pot once in a while. Leaving some residue behind doeant hurt. Hope that helps
1845113
Nonono, I just clean it like once every 2nd month or something in the cleaning station. I clean it once per month just by adding soap to it and let it buzz for 30 seconds :)
562959
Hi there. I have this boiler for about a year now and just loving it. It keeps the water hot but you have to keep it plugged in all the time. When unplugged, the water will stay warm for 2 hours and will get to room temp. There is not much maintenance needs to be done. I wash it about once a month and there is not much residue from mineral deposit that you have to worry about. Hope this information helps.
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I wipe it down daily with a paper towel and rinse it thoroughly. Once a week I use a vinegar and water mix and let it sit for 20 minutes per the instructions. Some places are very hard to clean. I'm looking into getting another one for that reason.
443978
I clean mine once a week by removing all remaining water in the unit, cleaning the center with a Q-tip, and let the product air dry for the day.
1463323
I leave mine on and in full time. I do take it out, turn off and clean weekly. In addition I take it out for the winter and store.
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The internal surface of the boiler is one of the stainless steel alloys, I believe that this is true regardless of external finish which is a painted white in my case. I don't know/remember the listed wattage of the unit which is mostly the heater but includes the condensing fan also. The unit can be plugged into a standard 15amp outlet but there should be no other high current devices on that circuit at the same time. I fill mine with hot water to reduce the cycle time and hot water won't have chlorine and has less oxygen in it than city water, so this should help reduce any corrosion. It is possible to do three runs during most people's awake time, but that is about it in my experience.
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The best way to use it for your area would be to alternate rooms every other day. The specs state 625 sq. ft. on high but I alternate areas on setting four and it more than does the job. It pulls a lot of dust and debris from the air, so check the filters to wipe down clean at least every month! I've had mine about 3 months and my daily headaches stopped immediately. I've had NONE! i run it 24/7 and always put it in my bedroom overnight.
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NOT really, I use it everyday when I'm sleeping in my bedroom, its quite and puts out alot of steam in the room for me. I mainly just put plain code tap water in it, It has a small area that is hard to get to for cleaning but it is not that big of a deal to me, I just mainly run scalding hot water on any type of fungi or mildew that may pop up here & there inside the unit. Hope this helps answer your questions...........Jerry.
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You need to clean the plate and the bottom of the unit after each use. If you don't you risk of a grease fire.
1937803
Put some water with a little dish soap in and put it on burner low temp for about ten minutes then scub pan clean
1604162
Be sure to start with cold water. Attach water reservior to cleaner. Choose temp of steam you prefer and plug the cleaner into an outlet
201131
Cleaning isn't required or possible, since the unit burns mold particles rather than filters air. Ours seemed very effective. We use it to reduce molds that come in from the open window. Our first unit lasted 2.5 years before burning out this past weekend. We'd already bought a second unit for a different location. I'll be buying a replacement for the one that just died.
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If you want to sanitize the surface it is recommended you hold down the trigger continuously but not needed just to clean. Also, I notice I am picking up the dirt if steaming and dries within seconds vs pushing dirty water around and wiping up.