Cleaning Your Kangen Machine

How to clean your Kangen Machine using Enagic's reusable e-cleaner cartridge.
The system consists of a Cleaning Powder Unit (CPU) and packets of powder or a bulk container of citric acid powder.
Remove the cap from the CPU unit and pour one packet of powder, or a brimming scoop from your bulk container, in the unit then put the cap on and tighten it.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! Before you start, shut off the machine and unplug it from the wall. Now remove the filter cover and twist off the white plastic ring at the base of the filter turning it counter-clockwise (left) to loosen it, then lift the filter off to remove it and set it aside. Make sure the o-rings on the filter did not get left behind!
Place the CPU where the filter was, and then replace and tighten the white plastic ring.Take care that there is no cross threading when you tighten the white plastic ring.
Turn on the water and allow the water to flow slowly through the hoses until water is coming from both the flexible hose and the gray hose. Have a glass or cup at the ready on the side.
With the water running, place the end of flexible hose and the end of the grey secondary hose in a cup allowing the cup to retain water through the entire length of the hose, and leave them in the cup for 3 to 5 hours (we suggest overnight, but no more than 9 hours).
With CPU still in place remove the hose ends from the cup after 3 to 5 hours (or the suggested overnight), turn on the faucet and allow water to flow through the machine for about 2-3 minutes at full flow rate, then turn off the water. You can taste a bit of the water, if it is sour, then let the water run longer.
Now replace the original filter and the white plastic ring that you removed in step 1, then turn on the water again and allow it to flow through the machine for about 1 minute. There is a possibility that calcium may flow from the hoses so dispose of this water.
Replace the filter cover, plug in your machine, and turn on the power and your machine is now ready to use.
Lastly, rinse any residue out of the CPU and let it air dry, then store it in a place where it will not be subjected to dust.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If the 0-rings or CPU cap becomes broken, please replace immediately. With proper care, it is expected that you will be able to use the CPU for 3 years.
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[@codsteb]

Thanks for your reply. I have also obtained instructions about soaking the system (with both hoses immersed) in "Beauty Water" each night to avoid buildup. I cleaned mine as shown here and it has more of the tiny bubbles. I guess it worked. I hadn't been aware of any problems. Enagic: new machines should come with a card spelling out all maintenance procedures to prompt one to read the several instruction sheets. Given the cost and excellence of the machine, this is an oversight, IMO.

[@claudiaperezchica4962]

I love your video! You're the only video I use to guide me through my cleaning since March. . I've seen part of other videos but I always always end up back with yours! :) thank you ma'am! :)

[@essentialplanet]

Hi Ed, I got the 10 and 3 minute instructions from 2 separate Enagic tech people. One actually said up to 15 for the first flush. One said as little as 7 minutes, so I went with 10.

[@viviancover6732]

Thanks for the video. However the step where you throw away a liter of cleaning solution is unnecessary. First, running the water is supposed to be SLOW, not fast, to move out air bubbles and residual tap water in the unit/hose from prior use. Second, there's no need to stop the slow flow (that's dissolving the cleaning powder). Simply move the hoses into the glass after 10 seconds. More efficient cleaning is achieved this way with a stronger cleaning solution.

[@essentialplanet]

This is correct. I have made notations to the video accordingly.

[@essentialplanet]

At the Las Vegas training this weekend, Enagic confirmed 10 - 15 minutes of flushing after using the cleaning cartridge.

[@essentialplanet]

You should only press the reset switch when you change the filter, not when you clean the machine. Otherwise the machine will never tell you when it needs a filter change.

[@videoaksproductions]

Specific and informative. Thank you.

[@essentialplanet]

@codsteb If you have hard water, you should clean the machine weekly. If you have not been cleaning it, you can send it in to Enagic for a deep cleaning. The ability to clean the machine is a huge advantage -- other units on the market cannot be cleaned this way, and when too much minerals build up on their plates, the whole chamber has to be replaced - at GREAT cost. The cleaning powder is just citric acid, nothing toxic there. I don't know how plants would respond to solution of citric acid.

[@HRHSIRWOODS]

when using the E-cleaner to clean the machine how do know that it can sit for 8 to 9 hours over night and also when leaving it for this amount of time can it damage the plates and inner workings of the machine, i ask because the manual says 3 to 5 hours and also when done is 10 to 12 minutes good enough to flush it out, please message me back

[@essentialplanet]

@HRHSIRWOODS Enagic technicians have given me the instructions, both for the overnight 9 hours, and for the flushing 10 minutes with the e-cleaner cartridge still in the machine, and an additional 3 minutes after you put the filter back in. Then you turn the power back on and you are good to go!

[@essentialplanet]

@codsteb Soaking overnight in the Beauty Water is an excellent procedure to add to your protocol! I would have added it to this video, had I known about it at the time I filmed it!

[@infernaljack4life]

QUESTION HOW COME YOU DIDN'T PRESS THE RESET SWITCH LIKE MENTION????

[@essentialplanet]

Reset should only be set when you put in a brand new filter.

[@claudiaperezchica4962]

Guys. . Your distributor or up line should have told you about the cleaning every two weeks mine did. ..

[@codsteb]

I find it appalling that you have to leave water going down the drain for 10 minutes. Can this water be collected for something? Is there any way it would harm outdoor plants, for instance? Also, this machine should be cleaned weekly?? I had no idea, and I have had mine for 10 months and never cleaned it. The instructions that come with it are very inferior. That cleaning "filter" has been sitting in its bag for 10 months because I didn't know what to do with it. Sheesh again.