KLAudio is stopping production of their Ultrasonic record cleaner.

The heavy wash cycle on the Degritter is now 12 min from start to finish.  This was recently increased with a firmware update.  I like it this way, no do-overs needed.  Every record gets a heavy wash to start with whether it is new or old and from that baseline I will maintain with a light or med wash going forward.

@vortrex I have been using the medium wash for the most part, but do a heavy wash on occasion. I have a question for you. Have you yet encountered the cooling cycle engaging during any of you washes?

Yes, the cooling fan engages every time I wash.  It's warm here now.    We'll see what happens in the winter.  I don't mind it coming on during the actual wash cycle but I do not agree with leaving it running after you're done washing.  My Degritter is in my audio room.  So, I need to put the machine to sleep after every wash if I plan on listening to what was just cleaned because the cooling fan runs forever even when the machine is doing nothing.  I suggested they shut the cooling fan off if another cleaning cycle is not started in XX seconds but they didn't like that idea.  I see no point in cooling water if you are not washing.

@vortrex interesting my fan does not stay on after the cleaning cycle is finished. It will come on after about a minute to two into the wash cycle (usually following the third or fourth record in a row that I have cleaned), add the two minute cooling process to the wash cycle, then go back to washing, and eventually drying. At the end of the drying cycle the machine stops. Now sometimes there will be more than one cooling process during a wash, but I am told by Degritter that during this process where the water is being filtered to cool down the record is still being cleaned.

Mine will stay on for 10-15 minutes or more after the cleaning cycle is done.  I guess that means my water is hotter than yours.  It will eventually shut off if I let it go, but I am in the habit now of putting the machine to sleep after each record I clean.  Right now since I am going through all my records one by one with the heavy wash I clean one, then listen, clean one, then listen, etc.