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This is commercial and the water drips instead of flowing,took 20-30 min to make coffee, how can i clean?

I BOUGHT A USED MR. COFFEE COMMERCIAL BREWER AND WHEN I FILLED WITH WATER AND MADE A POT OF COFFEE IT TOOK OVER 20 MIN TO MAKE,DRIP DRIP DRIP, I TRIED UNSCREWING THE PEICE THE WATER COMES FROM,BUT IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO. ANY SOLUTION AS TO HOW TO CLEAN IT THEN? I HAVE A BUNN AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO DO.

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Have you tried to brew without coffee to see how long it takes? If yes then use a pair of channel locke to remove sprayhead and then use the deliming sprding that came with your bunn and clean the brew line then try again, if you still get the ame result, the brewer needs to be descaled.

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    Ernest R May 14, 2009

    You may have a major scale buildup in the boiler, and you will have to descale boiler. If the sprayhead cannot be removed then the only thing to do is run the descale and let the solution clean out the brew tube and sprayhead.

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You should call your vendor for service on any commercial brewer. (Especially if it's on loan from them)
*** the following is for information only as all repairs should be performed by a qualified tech.***

The CWTF has a start switch activates the timer (analog or digital) board which turns on the water feed to the brew tank. This forces previously heated water out and sprayed over the ground coffee in the brew funnel. Coffee then drips into the decanter.
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*** the following is for information only as all repairs should be performed by a qualified tech.***
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