Tube Cleaning System

The Tube Cleaning System makes it easier to keep the hose clean and healthy. The tube caps seal the ends of the hose so a cleaning solution of your choice can be swished through the hose without trying to cover the openings with your hands. Let the solution soak in the tube while hanging from the tube bridge and later hang the hose to dry thoroughly.

Choose from one of the two options for hanging the system. Use the hook to hang from anywhere - shower curtain bar, towel rack, shower door, or shower head. Or, use the suction cup to attach the tube bridge to any smooth surface.

This product includes:

• 2 - Tube Caps
• 1 - Tube Bridge
• 1 - Hook Attachment
• 1 - Suction Cup Attachment

Instructions:

1. Hang the tube cleaning system using the hook or suction cup.
2. Fill the tube with a cleaning solution of your choice. For example, a mild soap and warm water, or mix 1 part vinegar & 4 parts water. Or consider Control III Disinfectant CPAP Cleaning Solution Concentrate.
3. Plug the ends of the tube with the tube caps. Agitate the tube moving the cleaning solution throughout the length of the hose.
4. Hang the tube from the tube bridge with the curve down, allowing the cleaning solution to soak inside the hose for 30 minutes.
5. Remove the tube caps and hang them on the loops on the front to the tube bridge. Empty the solution and thoroughly rinse the hose with clear running water.
6. Hang the tube to dry by laying it over the tube bridge with the ends of the hose pointing down. Snap the hose into the cutouts on the sides of the tube bridge to lock the hose in place.

**See notes regarding hose sizes and use in the Important Tips tab.

NOTE: The Tube Cleaning System is designed to work with 22mm hoses.

Hanging the hose to soak on the tube bridge: Snap the body of a standard, 22mm hose, not the hose cuff or the tube cap, into the cutouts on the sides of the hose bridge. The hose will be securely held in place in the cutout.

Alternative method of hanging a 15mm hose to soak on the tube bridge: When using a 15mm hose whose body is thinner than that of a standard, 22mm hose, the hose will not snap into the cutouts on the tube bridge. An option is to insert the plugs into the rubber cuff leaving approximately 1/4 inch of the plug out of the cuff. Hang the hose on the tube bridge using area of exposed plug.

Hose/Tubing Sizes and the Cleaning System

• Standard, 22mm, rubber cuffed hoses:
  • Caps fit snugly on the ends.
  • The hose snaps into the tube bridge cutouts when hanging to soak or dry.

• Thin or slim line, 15mm, rubber cuffed hoses:
  • Caps fit snugly on the ends.
  • Because the hose is thinner, it does not snap into the tube bridge cutouts when hanging to soak or dry.
  • The alternative method of hanging the 15mm tube described above can be used.

• Heated hoses, 22mm hoses:
  • Because of the connecting ends that snap onto machines, the caps do not fit the hose ends.
  • The hose does snap into the tube bridge cutouts when hanging to soak or dry.

• Heated hoses, 15mm hoses:
  • Because of the connecting ends that snap onto machines, the caps do not fit the ends.
  • The hose is thinner, it does not snap into the tube bridge cutouts when hanging to soak or dry.
  • Consider the alternative method of hanging the 15mm tube described above.

• Hard cuffed hoses, 22mm diameter:
  • Because of the hard material, the caps do not fit on the hose ends.
  • The hose does snap into the tube bridge cutouts when hanging to soak or dry.

• Hard cuffed hoses, 15mm diameter:
  • The caps do not fit due to the hard material of the hose ends
  • The hose is thinner, it does not snap into the tube bridge cutouts when hanging to soak or dry.
  • However, the alternative method of hanging the 15mm tube described above can be used.