A new water wand is the solution. and leaving a B on when not in use or planned use is NOT a good idea.
On May 1, 7:07 pm, Rob K <[email protected]> wrote: > I just replaced my pump last week after slightly over 4 years. Should > have done it about 15 months ago when it started acting like the > original poster and stopping mid shot if the machine had been on for > 2hrs+. Had replaced the OPV at that time since my machine came with > the original nylon adjusting screw and WLL recommended the brass screw > version as the fix for the pressure drop. Never really fixed the > problem and the power-on time to failure kept getting shorter. Put a > new 52W pump in and BII is pumping out some nice shots again. > > Any good solutions for the chrome ball on the hot water wand? I don't > use it except to heat cups and occasionally drain the boiler but > pulled it off when I was disassembling and could see where the > metallic and green bits in my cups were coming from. I had always > assumed it was coming from the boiler but don't get anything out of > the steam side. I did pull the nylon tube out of the steam wand and > thoroughly cleaned it as it looked like there was a film on the > inside. > > On May 1, 10:11 am, the doctor <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > typical Ulka life in home use? FIVE + years. > > > do NOT leave the machine on continuously. Heating the pump is bad. > > > On Apr 9, 9:27 pm, Miroslav Stankovic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Every two years new pump... Could it be some systematic problem? > > > I think that temperature inside machine is too high. > > > I am thinking to insulate boilers and all hot tubes, except tube that > > > goes back from the group head. There are some excellent threads in HB > > > and CG about various insulation materials. I am just worried about > > > waranty as my machine is brand new. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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 > athttp://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.
