Question about ultrasonic cleaner steeping!

[Ebertshay]

Hey everyone! Haven't been around for a while cause I had a baby and life got busy! But anyways, anyone familiar with this method of steeping?
I think I pretty much get the jist of it bit looking for any pointers and have a couple questions:
Firstly, is a plastic bottle ok or does it need to be in a glass one?
Secondly, does the cap need to be off the bottle? Just thinking maybe pressure will build up and it'll pop...
I bought one at harbor freight for like $75 and it seems to work well, but so far I've been keeping the juice in a glass bottle, with the cap off and top up out of the water, and only using the heat every few cycles. If I could, would like to put a plastic bottle in there and completely submerge it..?
Oh yea and one last question, anyone know where I could get a better one with a longer cycle time? Kinda annoying turning it back on every 8 minutes..
P.s. It's also really loud and annoying so any tips on sound proofing are welcome too haha
Thanks all

 

[Wingsfan0310]

Here's the link to part 3 of a huge thread that deals with this subject:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...eeping-times-ultrasonic-cleaner-part-iii.html

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Blueser]

I wish I could help but...my juice doesn't need to steep.... :~) I'm kinda pretty much serious

 

[Ebertshay]

Here's the link to part 3 of a huge thread that deals with this subject:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...eeping-times-ultrasonic-cleaner-part-iii.html

Cheers,
Steve

Awesome thanks a lot, I'll read up!

 

[Wingsfan0310]

No problem, happy to help.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[VegasVaap]

To save you some time, you gotta have glass. And no plastic basket in there either. I suspend the bottles from above, making sure the water in the tank is above the level of the juice. I leave caps on, despite being out of the water. I recommend reading those (3) threads, it just takes forever. Also, I let the batches steep for 2 days after the UC cycles. That seems to work very well for me.

 

[shynsly]

I have the same unit from harbor, and you can use the plastic liner in there but it must be raised up off the bottom to work. I run my juices for 6 x 40 minutes, alternating with heat to keep it around 100F, do not get it too hot over 120F or you might degrade the NIC. I keep caps on while in the ultrasonic, and then let it sit for a couple of days with the caps off and on shaking by hand in between. And yes glass is definitely the best!

Hope this helps you! .... Luck in the Laboratory!

Here is a post from that thread showing what i did to the basket.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...eaner-part-iii-post11452546.html#post11452546

Also i have found out that if you only have a few bottles then you can contain the waves with an old tupperware with the bottom cut out.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...eaner-part-iii-post11478924.html#post11478924

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