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Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:39 am
by Dombo63
As if to prove the old adage, "pay cheap, pay twice", my JPL 7000 ultrasonic cleaner (apparently the most popular in Britain) has packed up after just over a year's light use of case cleaning.
Can anyone recommend a cleaner suitable for cases? I typically do 50 at a time standing up in a citric acid solution and probably only once a month, if that.
Thanks all.

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:43 am
by bradaz11
i use one of these... still JPl by the looks of it

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/jpl-8050-h-pr ... -25l-a74jk

but we bought them for work, and I gave one a new home, they all still work well, even mine i use for brass etc. when i clean my brass, i do it in a plastic measuring jug, filled with solution and the cleaner's bath just filled with tap water.

i then recycle the cleaning fluid by pouring it between jugs and a cheap mesh sieve. works very well for me

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:22 am
by saddler
12 months & packed in?

I'd be back to the retailer & asking for a replacement - that's well inside the time allowance for "merchantable quality" & "fit for purpose" issues

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:28 am
by bradaz11
not if his soloution has eaten thru the body or something ;)

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:30 am
by Joe Pugh
They sell them in Aldi and Lidl now and then.
I have been using one for about 6 months with no problem.

I also use the Lyman turbo sonic solution stuff which works well.

They cost about £15 a bit small but I can get about 50 .44 mag cases in at a time.

Good luck

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:44 am
by saddler
bradaz11 wrote:not if his soloution has eaten thru the body or something ;)
If it has he needs to get to the vet

The things are designed to be USED with such mildly acidic/alkali solutions - not kittens tears & pixie dust

Mate had a larger 6 litre unit on Ebay - timers, heating element...the lot - broke within a week; he got a replacement free

My unit is an Aldi one - had it years & never been a problem: nor has any of the others from that batch (I ended up with 8 of the 10 that the local Aldi had in, as the pistol club members all lived in areas which had none left on their local stores)

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:52 am
by bradaz11
i only say that as i know one of a different type we bought for work, our cleaning soloution attacked the stainless when running

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:10 am
by Dombo63
saddler wrote:12 months & packed in?

I'd be back to the retailer & asking for a replacement - that's well inside the time allowance for "merchantable quality" & "fit for purpose" issues
Sadly it was just over a year. The supplier, Cost-Mad UK, via Amazon, gave a terse "out of warranty" reply to my email.
Nothing like a "f*** you" attitude to customers to get your name in lights all over the internet.

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:15 am
by dave_303
Dombo63 wrote:
saddler wrote:12 months & packed in?

I'd be back to the retailer & asking for a replacement - that's well inside the time allowance for "merchantable quality" & "fit for purpose" issues
Sadly it was just over a year. The supplier, Cost-Mad UK, via Amazon, gave a terse "out of warranty" reply to my email.
Nothing like a "f*** you" attitude to customers to get your name in lights all over the internet.

How long ago was this? EU law dictates that warranties must be 2 years.

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:38 am
by saddler
dave_303 wrote:
Dombo63 wrote:
saddler wrote:12 months & packed in?

I'd be back to the retailer & asking for a replacement - that's well inside the time allowance for "merchantable quality" & "fit for purpose" issues
Sadly it was just over a year. The supplier, Cost-Mad UK, via Amazon, gave a terse "out of warranty" reply to my email.
Nothing like a "f*** you" attitude to customers to get your name in lights all over the internet.

How long ago was this? EU law dictates that warranties must be 2 years.
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