On 7/15/2009 3:11 PM, Ira wrote: > At 10:38 AM 7/15/2009, you wrote: > >> Hmm, it's closer to 5 seconds, maybe 10 at most. The pressure looks >> good when I start steaming though (about 1.5 bars). >> >> I should also mention that a few months ago it was looking like my >> pressurestat was acting up. The pressure would climb into the red >> and the safety thingy would start releasing steam in an impressive >> display of hissing, then it would recover. It did this several times >> a day. I was going to order a pressurestat, but then it stopped >> having its hissy fits and returned to normal. Related? >> > > Have you ever de-scaled it. 5 or 10 seconds of cold water shouldn't > be able to kill the steam pressure. Can you just watch it drop when > the pump starts pumping? If you turn off the machine so the pump does > not turn on can you steam OK? > > The pressure does seem to drop fairly quickly even with the machine off. I think the pump just speeds it up a bit.
I have never descaled. My machine is plumbed via a filter, and though I haven't measured it, I believe the water here (Sandy Oregon) is pretty soft. I found Barry's descaling method in the list archives and read it over. I'd be willing to give it a shot, but I'm not sure how to apply it to a plumbed machine. Bruce --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
