Mold in my drip coffee maker water reservoir

m88.358win

So my wife and I have been feeling crappy and getting rashes for the past few months. Couldn't figure it out. Decided to throw away some jelly, maybe bad, I don't know. I put it on toast in the morning. Then had a cup of coffee to go with buttered toast yesterday. Started getting dizzy, nauseous, and feeling like poop. I checked the water reservoir in my Mr Coffee and found mold growing on the inside.

This is water from the reservoir after scrubbing with a bottle brush and Dawn antibacterial dish soap.

charliemeyer007

Once a month or so run a tank of white vinegar threw the unit.  Cleans out the calcium and other build up. 

TRAP55

"At least once a month", fill the tank with white vinegar, let it set for three hours, then turn it on and run the vinegar through 2-3 times with a filter in the cup. Then run hot water through it. Never leave water sitting in it, the mold that grow in there is toxic. Ex wife found out the hard way with her Kuerig, unfortunately she survived it.

Ricci.Wright

Just did the vinegar cleaning this week.

select-fire

Thanks

Butchdog2

Might be a good idea to test the drinking water for bacteria and such.

You on private or public system?

mac10

maybe keeps ya from the virus

cbxjeff

For safety reasons, this is why I prefer to drink beer. 

Ditch-Runner

 I do not drink much coffee but my  wife does about two years ago she told me she was not feeling well thought she had picked up a stomach bug 
 just on a hunch I did a inspection on the coffee maker and it was rough looking  possible mold and could have been  and  I am sure the cause of her feeling bad  after the cleaning she stated feeling better with in a day or three so now I use the vinegar
 clean out every couple months   . 
 

mogley98

Reverse side wife used vinegar to clean the coffee maker I made a cup and added some cream which immediately curdled, Vinegar still needed to flush a few more times LOL

kimi

Thanks for the tip. Just filled ours up with white vinegar and will follow TRAP's procedure.

TRAP55

kimi said:

Thanks for the tip. Just filled ours up with white vinegar and will follow TRAP's procedure.

James, if it hasn't been done, and you have hard water, you may want to change the filter after the first run through. My water is a little bit softer than concrete, and the calcium scale builds up on the heat coil. Letting the vinegar set a couple of hrs on the first run, breaks it all loose. Rinse it good when you're done, the lid too, the hot vinegar will condense there. Cuts about 5 mins off the brew time on 8cups when you're done.

Chief Shaway

Also check the seal of the yeti style travel glasses.

I had a friend who just couldn’t get well.

Antibiotics would help but after the prescription ran out he’d be right back where he started.

End up being mold under the gasket on the lid of his coffee travel mug he used every day.

m88.358win

Mr. Coffee pot for sale, real clean only ten years old. Not really, the wife through it into the garbage can last night.

kimi

TRAP55 said:

kimi said:

Thanks for the tip. Just filled ours up with white vinegar and will follow TRAP's procedure.

James, if it hasn't been done, and you have hard water, you may want to change the filter after the first run through. My water is a little bit softer than concrete, and the calcium scale builds up on the heat coil. Letting the vinegar set a couple of hrs on the first run, breaks it all loose. Rinse it good when you're done, the lid too, the hot vinegar will condense there. Cuts about 5 mins off the brew time on 8cups when you're done.

Thank you!   It really did cut down on the brew time!   Now, I just need too make sure I rinse it again, and the lid, too!

Brookwood

I've had that "pickled" coffee a time or two!  Our Bunn needs to be flushed with at least a half dozen pots of clear water to clear out the vinegar in the reservoir.