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10/21/2022
Clean Mineral Buildup off Your John Ellis Water Machine
Following these instructions below to learn how remove calcium and magnesium mineral scale buildup from your John Ellis Living Water Machine. These instructions cover how to clean the mineral scale from the inner coil and all parts of the machine that are hard to clean. Make sure to watch both videos below for more information on the cleaning process.
Remove the heating element from your John Ellis water machine. You can identify the heating element because it’s the part of the machine that gets very hot and it has to be plugged directly into the wall. To remove the heating element, you need to unscrew the black nut that holds the heating element to the machine with an outer ring. If the heating element does not separate from the machine easily you can use a butter knife or flat head screwdriver to help pry it apart from the John Ellis water machine. If there is a lot of scale buildup, you will need to use extra force to pry the heating element apart from the John Ellis water machine. Remove the UV lights, faucet adapter, and remove all connected hoses from the John Ellis water machine.
Get a large storage container that you can fit the entire John Ellis Water machine in. Put one gallon of distilled vinegar in the storage container and 5-7 gallons of pure distilled water. You need to use enough distilled water to fully submerge the entire John Ellis water machine in the distilled water and distilled vinegar solution. Let the machine sit right side up for 6-12 hours in the solution so it has time to dissolve the mineral scale buildup in all parts of the machine — inner coil, heating element area, and inside the pot. After the first 12 hours remove the machine from the solution and clean all parts of it with a cloth or scrub it down to get additional mineral scale buildup off the machine. I have even used hard grain sandpaper to sand off the mineral scale buildup too after soaking in the solution. After the first 6-12 hours flip the machine over, and let it sit in the solution up-side-down for another 6-12 hours so you can dissolve mineral scale buildup where the UV lights plug in. See videos below for more details.
