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Temperature of water for ultrasonic RCM

I have a CleanerVinyl RCM - very happy with it. Have been fooling around with water temp and wondering if anyone else is doing or has done the same? I had been using it with the water at room temp, and was thinking that I was the dishes in warm water, so why not clean my records in warm water? So I pumped it to 40C and it seems to be getting a LOT more junk off my (supposedly) clean records that have all been previously run thru the RCM.

Thanks for any feedback.

dmk_calgary
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fuzztone
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I don't go past 30° C.

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kgturner
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The ultrasonic process in itself generates a fair amount of heat so just be mindful of that.

dmk_calgary OP
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@fuzztone - why 30c? curious. Thanks

@kgturner  - was unaware of that. Thank you. Is the heat generated at the record surface by the water hitting it? Any idea of temp? thx

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slaw
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I've used up to 45c but now go around 35c. I believe that after the surface is clean, it's more important to use a surfactant to release imbedded particles than having heat a main factor

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