I used to use the little water softener on the line. It worked OK, but I plumbed it in, and use a prefilter for rust particles, and a good filter, inline. I don't use a softener;my city water is between 2 to 3 grains for hardness, which I believe is medium low.When you get your TDS meter, it will tell you what you want to know. Too little minerals is supposed to affect taste, and can keep your boiler refill from operating. I can't remenber what are good levels - I think somewhere between 50-150 ppm minerals. - Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "mariowar" <[email protected]> To: "Brewtus" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:47 PM Subject: Re: WOW! Just started playing w/my Brewtus III-Rotary
Thanks. I will get a digital TDS in about two days.... As I said I am using 1/2 britta pitcher water ( pre carbon prefiltered/ refrigerator) and 1/2 distilled water. I hope that I can go 40% Britta and 60% distilled. I am also using the inline tank softener that came with the machine. Do you use yours? Well, in case you have one with a vibe pump/ I wonder if the inline filer makes the pump work harder..... What is the more appropiate hardness to pospone a descalling service? On Jan 20, 10:16 am, "Dennis Keating" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a little more advice on descaling. > Don't forget - vibe pump cannot be run continously when flushing out > descaler solution. > It take forever to flush out the brew boiler and heat exchanger,because > you > can't empty it. > Pay attention to soak times and solution strength - you can overdo it. > The best approach is make sure your water is treated enough to keep scale > to > a minimun in the first place. - Dennis > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ira" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:51 AM > Subject: Re: WOW! Just started playing w/my Brewtus III-Rotary > > > At 02:46 PM 1/19/2009, you wrote: > >>I am using 1/2 distilled water 1/2 Britta Pitcher water and it seems > >>to be working fine. However, a digital TDS is on my way...... :) I > >>am also using the original inline water tank softener filter. Any > >>suggestions? Water is pretty hard around here and I was used to > >>descal my Silvia every 2 months............ > > > My Brewtus is plumbed in and there is a water softener in-line so my > > issues with scale are not so bad. > > > The steam boiler is easy as you can almost empty it by turning the > > machine off when hot and opening the hot water tap. Then put > > de-scaling solution in a bottle, put the inlet hose in the bottle and > > turn on the machine. The brew boiler is harder as it's tough to drain. > > > Ira- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
