Use of peroxide for cleaning lines. How to do it?

[18mile]

Has anyone had experience with the use of peroxide to clean lines? Is it effective?

[fred]

DOES IT KILL BACTERIA YES. DOES IT WORK WELL NO. calcium hypochlorite WORKS BETTER BUT MUST BE CLEANED THOROUGHLY AFTER IT SITS IN THE LINES FOR I BIT. IF IT BLOWS THOUGH FAST YOUR KILLING THE SURFACE BUT NOT VERY WELL.

[DrTimPerkins]

Has anyone had experience with the use of peroxide to clean lines? Is it effective?

It was the least effective of the sanitizers we tried. Whatever sanitizer you use, a long contact time (minimum of 5 min) is required, so sucking in under vacuum will not work.

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The full article was published in the October 2019 issue of the Maple Syrup Digest.

[18mile]

Thanks I’ll go back and look at that issue