Hi Mark, Yes, you're correct--temp is too low to push water out. As I dump the water out the wand, the pump is already filling the boiler again with room temp water, so the boiler is never anywhere close to empty.
Interesting that your steam boiler stays nice and fresh. When I say "funky", I mean that the water gets a bit turbid and lightly discolored. If I check total dissolved solids it is way high, because the water is getting removed (as steam), but the minerals are staying behind. I guess I could see where not recycling the water from the steam boiler would help keep flushing fresh water through the system, but isn't the water from the OPV coming from the brew boiler, not the steam boiler? If so, I'm not sure this theory makes sense, since the steam boiler wouldn't be getting flushed in that case. Perhaps you just have really soft water and so it takes a longer time to see the buildup of TDS in the steam boiler? I have pretty hard water here near Seattle. Also, if you use the hot water wand regularly (i.e. for tea), you wouldn't see this problem either. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > From: Mink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:23:10 -0700 (PDT) > To: Brewtus <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Your cleanup routine > > > Barry and Ray - this PF wiggle or sneeze (assume that's the same > thing?) I can see how this would clear out grounds from the gasket and > outside of the screen, but when I take the whole screen and seal out > (which I do daily) there's a fair accumulation of residue on the > inside of both the screen and the grouphead. My concern is that your > method doesn't get that - or have I misunderstood your method? > > Ben, on your flushing of the steam boiler, two questions. When you run > the hot water until it stops coming - I assume that's because the > water in the hot water boiler is too cold to produce pressure, rather > than because the boiler is empty (not a good idea, esp with power to > the element?). > > Secondly, I have the (220v European?) configuration which doesn't > channel water back from the OPV to the reservoir, but vents it instead > to the drip tray (and it's a LOT of water - more than the amount that > lands up in the cup). But after more than 18 months the hot water from > my HW wand is still perfectly fresh and good - no trace of funk - and > I wonder if this is the reason? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
