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 Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject: Cleaning and Care / Spare parts |
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Cleaning and Care
After each treatment session, empty the treatment tubs and dry them along with the electrodes and the cable with a towel. Disinfect the treatment set regularly with a basic commercial disinfectant.
You may clean the electrodes to remove patina (if the device can't achieve the desired mA settings) with a normal metal cleaner (or simply with alcohol) and a soft cloth.
Aluminium electrodes: Use alcohol to clean the patina, and soak the electrodes in vinegar cleaner for several hours to remove calcium carbonate.
Stainless Steel electrodes: Use a normal stainless steel cleaner.
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Hi,
What kind of vinegar cleaner you recommend? Is it commercial or a homemade solution? Do you rinse with water or alcohol afterwards or just dry them? Thanks |
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Use any vinegar that you like, normal household, or even vinegar for salad is suitable
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| Amount of water and vinegar? And how often can you do that without damaging the plates? |
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100% vinegar, you can use the plastic trays to soak them.
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Hi,
I left the aluminium plates in diluted vinegar solution overnight.
The next day, the shiny surface was chalky white.
And the stains on the plates were still on the plate.
I did not have alcohol so I used plain water to try removing the stains but it did not work.
Now the shiny aluminium plates lost their shine and looked worst than ever.
Is the current reduced?
How do I solve this problem? |
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As far as cleaning electrodes, should you first use alcohol and then vinegar or should it be the opposite?
I also want to know how often should I clean electrodes?
I wanted to confirm that I do have aluminum and not stainless steel electrodes. The instruction manual states stainless steel, but I thought aluminum was to be supplied. Please advise,
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Hello,
For the aluminum electrodes you can use alcohol to clean the patina (if necessary), and then soak the electrodes in vinegar cleaner for several hours.
Concerning the frequency, if you dry the electrodes with a towel after each treatment, you won't need to clean them so often, but this also depends on the water quality. You just have to see if there is limestone or scale on the surface of the electrodes. According to your order, you have ordered only the standard aluminium electrodes.
Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us! 
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I tried to clean one of the aluminum electrodes by first using alcohol to remove patina and then using vinager. I poured some vinager on one spot of the electrode and let it soak for 6 hours and it left a white cloudy spot on electrode.
Please advise what I'm doing wrong, because it does not look like it is cleaning electrode.
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Soak the electrodes in vinegar cleaner for several hours to remove calcium carbonate.
The white spot is maybe calcium.
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As I stated before I soaked electrodes for around 6 hours. What color should the electrode be after soaking in vinager.
Milkly white or aluminum? You say calcium,
I thought the vinager was to remove calcium. Is there anything I can do to remove calcium if vinager does not do the trick.
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You told us before that you put some vinegar on a spot, so I assumed it was complely dry after this 6 hours, and this would end into the calcium white sediment you described...
Clearing the aluminum plates will not and never lead to the shiny state that they had when they were brand new. You have to live with some discolouring. The important thing is that they conduct the current.... and this is the only reason why they really have to be cleaned, not only for optics...
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| How often should the aluminum electrodes be soaked in vinegar if using idromed 5 times a week? |
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This is highly individual and depends on the body, current, time of Iontophoresis usage and the water used to treat with Iontophoresis.
2 statements:
You should clean them IF the current does not reach the desired settings (stops under the current you dialed - In this case the electrodes are so full of patina that they can't conduct the current anymore because the Iontophoresis unit is "at the edge" of power and a security circuit is limiting the input/output currents)
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Clean them when you find they are dirty... and you want them to appear clean and hygienic again.
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I'm having troubles again with reaching the max current. I've been cleaning the stainless steel electrodes with a standard disinfectant every day.
I don't really see any 'patina', but in the case that this is the problem, what is the best way to remove it for the "Stainless steel electrodes"? |
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Hello,
The best way to clean the stainless steel electrodes is to use a normal metal, in this case stainless steel, cleaner.
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