XType ... you are in a situation that is a little bit like the movie "The Perfect Storm" (and you may feel like you are in that movie when you make your coffee in the morning.) A number of things that individually show up in an occasional machine leaving the factory have all occurred simultaneously in yours ... which is an unlikely occurrence, but will happen from time to time. I think they referred to the storm in the move as "a hundred year event". You have a lot of parts that are within normal manufacturing tolerances (for this particular manufacturer ... their are companies that march to a different drummer) but are not a perfect fit. So when the vibe pump turns on, you get an object lesson in why it's called a vibe pump. If the machine is within the 30 day "buyer's remorse" period, I would recommend that you return it and have them send you a new one (and ask them to test it or send you one they have already tested and can guarantee is as quiet as the they get) ... but let WLL worry about all the little fixes that will be needed in order to tune the machine. However your note suggests that this is probably not really an option any longer. So what can you do?
If you are willing to open the machine and tinker inside a little bit, your first priority is to look at (and watch in operation) the Vibe pump in order to see if there is anything "obviously" wrong. It's moving around a little too much. Snug down the nuts and see if that improves it. You can look at the rubber grommets that cushion the thing and decide if switching to a gell pad might improve the situation. Frankly, if that isn't helping, I would recommend that you send a note to WLL tech support and arrange to have one of their most brewtus familiar people get on the line with you and methodically walk though the system looking at contributing possibilities step by step. Have your camera ready so you can flip the person a picture if something looks suspicious to you, but you need a second opinion. You should also have a couple of small files to hand because you are probably going to be "touching up" a piece of sheet-metal here and there and you should have a little silicone based sealant to try to use to damp the vibration transmission in items like the glass in the pressure gauge. An alternate project is to decide to eliminate the vibe pump by plumbing in the machine. You will still need to tune the fit issues, but it may be a bigger reward for the time you put in on the machine. Other people who have had one or two of the possible problems show up in their machine will hopefully chime in with what worked with their machine, but it sounds like you may need more than a single silver bullet. KittJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "xtype" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have a Brewtus II and this thing is very noisy whenever the pump is > running. The glass on the front of the pressure cauges rattle, the > drip tray desk lid vibrates against the body, you can't keep any cups > on the warming shelf. I was just wondering if this was normal and if > there was anything I could do to minimize it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
