If your water is less than 60 ppm of hardness, it is unlikely that you will have precipitated enough calcium to need to descale your machine. The downside is that the SCCA says you need a hardness of about 125 to have the best coffee extraction. So you have to pay your money and take your chances...
Read Jim Schulman's insane guide http://www.big-rick.com/coffee/waterfaq.html If there are archives of the alt.coffee forum, you might search on kenk +water or do a search on kdkrone on coffeegeek from about 2005/6 when I had some online discussions with Jim about this. As for recharging the unit, the value that I see for the unit is that it acts as a particulate filter to keep any debris from entering the system. I have sincere doubts about the value of such a small unit other than that... On Oct 5, 7:07 am, "Dennis Keating" <[email protected]> wrote: > TR, Glad you found a chart - it is a recomendation for maintainance. > Yes, a Rancillio will fit your hose size. > I could be wrong, but I don't think the thing needs replacement - just > recharging. > - Dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TR" <[email protected]> > To: "Brewtus" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:07 PM > Subject: Re: Replacing water softener / filter > > I think that not recharging is precisely my problem ... meaning that > calcium has built up in not only the filter, but perhaps my machine. > The manual recommends every recharging every 3 months overall. If I > go by the liters per hardness table, 13 is off the bottm of the chart, > but you can approximate that it would be on the order of every 12 > liters which I have likely exceded 10x. This is exactly my issue. > Bonehead move, just forgot. > > On Oct 4, 3:16 pm, "Dennis Keating" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > TR, > > If this is the first time you recharged the water softener since new two > > years ago, I certainly would not think it has been overused! > > You can get replacement ones from WLL and other dealers for about $20. > > I can't direct you to one right now, but there is a guide for when they > > should be recharged. > > It depends on your water softness; how much water is used per day; and > > then recommends how many days the charged softener should be good for. > > IIRC the time is more like every two weeks. - Dennis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "TR" <[email protected]> > > To: "Brewtus" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 3:47 PM > > Subject: Replacing water softener / filter > > > > I have owned my Brewtus II for 2 years but have been shamefully > > > neglectful in re-charging my water filter/softener. I live in San > > > Francisco where the water is reportedly soft with average calcium of > > > 13 so I think I have been gotten away with it - machine/boilers have > > > worked perfectly the whole while. But with daily use for 2 years, I > > > have clearly gone beyond the recommended time . Today I did the > > > recommended re-charge, filtering salty water then clear and all seems > > > well. > > > > Is there any way to determine if your softener unit is shot from > > > overuse? > > > > Or likely safe to just keep using it given how soft the water is here > > > already? > > > > Anyone know where to get a replacement? > > > > Thanks. > > > > T- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
