Barry, to flush the brew boiler, do you mean to remove the 3 hoses (I guess its 2 for my BII) and then move the lever up, as if pulling a shot, until no water comes out? Is there any danger the element will burn out if you do this?
Can you do the same thing to flush the steam boiler? I normally just turn off the machine and open the water valve. A little over a pint of water comes out. I then turn the machine on to refill the boiler, let it reheat, and repeat the process a few times. Could I get more water out of the steam boiler by running the pump? And, again, would this process risk burning out the element? Karl Thanks, Karl On Jan 31, 2:10 pm, Barry Luterman <[email protected]> wrote: > A quick way to flush the brew boiler is: remove the 3 hoses from the > reservoir, drain brew boiler. As soon as water stops shut off machine. > Replace tubes in reservoir (or turn on water supply if plumbed in). Turn > machine on. Let brew boiler fill. Repeat 3 times. > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 04:51 PM 1/30/2010, you wrote: > > >> Assuming that is the problem, once I clean the mushroom (removing the > >> loose chrome) is it fine to just put it back into the Brewtus (i.e. I > >> don't need to order a replacement)? > > > There's been lots of discussion about why the'd chrome a part it's just > > going to fall off of with no good answers. It's a common issue on E61 > > machines. > > > Would this flaking of the chrome plating have been provoked by the > >> descaling process? Or have I recently been unknowingly adding bits of > >> chrome to my shots? > > > Maybe to the first. It's unlikely the chrome flakes make it through the > > coffee into your cup and I doubt chrome is a health issue. > > > Ira > > -- > > 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]<brewtus%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. -- 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.
