LOL. Yep, did that myself. Mensa once took me, but then kicked me out again. :) A steam pitcher works pretty well under the group.
bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > From: MBB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:26:54 -0700 (PDT) > To: Brewtus <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Change in Pressure > > > Thanks Ben, I just adjusted it to 10 and will see how that works, I > may go lower. I used the turn the screw, backflush repeat until it > decreased to 10 bar. > > On a bit of a humorous note there is a bit of a learning curve when > adjusting the OPV. As you can imagine I removed the drip tray, backed > out the screw and hit the lever. When I released the lever, since the > drip tray was not in place, hot water splashed my face...That was > great. Obviously, Mensa rejected me for a reason. > > > > On Sep 20, 1:28 pm, Ben McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A subject of debate. I set my backflush pressure at 9, and my shots pull at >> about 8.5. I believe factory is set to about 10 for backflush, and about 9 >> for shots. To adjust this, you need to set the pressure "up" to your >> intended target, i.e. you can't just dial from 12 down to 9. In your case, >> if you go to 12, and while holding that pressure dial the OPV down, you will >> need to then release pressure and build it again to see where you are. If >> you're at 10 now, dial it down again and release pressure, build pressure, >> check. If your OPV were set too low, you could just dial it up to the >> desired setting. So if you went from 10 to 8, for example, you could build >> to 8, then dial up to 9 and be golden. >> >> Bottom line, release and rebuild pressure between each reduction of pressure >> setting, but just build pressure and dial up if you need to increase >> pressure setting. 12 is way too high; 14 is off the charts too high. The >> balance between volume, grind, tamp, etc. is very hard to hit at such high >> pressures, because you're having to really over-compensate to try to avoid >> channeling, etc. >> >> bmc >> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." >> >>> From: MBB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:35:57 -0700 (PDT) >>> To: Brewtus <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Change in Pressure >> >>> I just recently noticed on a backflush my pressure has risen from 12 >>> to 14. Does anyone know where it should be set, or how about the >>> factory setting? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
