[labnetwork] cleaning procedure for chillers

[James Mitchell]

I have used CLR to clean out cooling lines but you would want to flush it
out afterwards. Mix the CLR with water and drain out after cycling. There
are biocides you can add to cooling water to keep it clean.

Jim

On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 3:42 PM Saba Sadeghi <saba.sadeghi at uwaterloo.ca>
wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> We have chillers from Haskris for cooling our MBE deposition system and
> also XRD system; I was wondering if you have a procedure that you recommend
> for cleaning the chillers' water. According to Haskris you can use hydrogen
> peroxide to clean the water should there be any biological growth in the
> chiller. For this, do I need to isolate the chiller from the system or can
> hydrogen peroxide be run through the entire system?
>
> I appreciate your input.
>
> Best,
> Saba
> --
> Saba Sadeghi, PhD
> Quantum Devices Fabrication Scientist
> Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
> Email: saba.sadeghi at uwaterloo.ca
>
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