Yeah, I guess that's part of it. I usually wipe out the inner walls of the reservoir (pretty sure I read about doing that in the user guide), check the filters, etc. And emptying the tank seems like the thing to do. But I'm also thinking I'd be more likely to clean records if I just left it set up (with the water ready to go) for a few days in a row.
This, and I like rinsing the filter out and drying between sessions.
I’ll use the water for up to a week, up to about a dozen or so records before I dump it. Since my cleaning concentrate contains Jet Dry which has an antibacterial agent, I don’t work about the water getting too skanky over the course of a week.
Do you rinse the filter with distilled water?
No, just a little dish soap and tap water
I just rinse my filter with tap water. Not really worried about the soluble minerals trapped in the filter (from tap water) when filling the tank with distilled.
With the Humminguru? why?
To wipe the final drops of water off and I also pre-clean with Groovewasher G2 for old / used records and they function well as a work surface.
Not cheaper but super good at cleanly drying discs of all sorts. I use one when cleaning CDs. Reidel microfiber polishing cloth.
A quick update - almost two months later, it's fixed. Customer service were slow to respond, it took an age (more than a month) for the parts to reach me, and then I waited 10 days trying to find a soldering iron. In the end I swapped out both fans without one. It was pretty easy, only dodgy bit was burning the wires together with a lighter. Appears to have worked in any case, and I can start cracking on with my fairly sizeable backlog. I think next time it goes wrong it might be time to replace completely...
I was so nervous the first time I worked with a soldering iron since I was recapping my amp. But after a while I started to really enjoy the experience. I'd love to get to work on more upgrades like that. There is a sense of fulfillment it gave me figuring it out and fixing it myself. But it is stressful thinking one mistake could fry your expensive equipment.
DIY is kind of the best. If I had more time I would do a complete kit set up. I always wanted to do a kit car.
unsure, but I’d keep an eye out on Black Friday
