By way of introduction, I am an American who has lived in Shanghai for the last seven years. I recently bought a Expobar Office Leva Dual Boiler Machine from the local distributor in Shanghai for use in my home here . Expobar has a factory in Shanghai, Pudong New Area, Nanhui town where they build some of the models they sell in other parts of the world. From talking to the factory, Expobar continues to build machines in Europe and is expanding production in China. This Office Dual Boiler Leva is basically the same as the Brewtus III-R sold in the U.S. The factory even uses the documentation from Whole Latte Love to describe the machine in English and it has been translated to Chinese.
I love the machine, in some ways I love it more than the Synesso I have back in the States. For low volume it is wonderfully easy to use and steaming small quantities of milk is also very easy. Now, if I could only source good coffee beans in Shanghai life would be great. Since I can't seem to leave well enough alone, I would like to replace the Gicar PID with a Fuji PXR3 and was wondering if anyone has tried making this change. The Gicar PID on the machine is only two digits and reads only in Celsius. I would like more precise temperature control and an easier to use PID plus the ability to switch between Fahrenheit and Celsius. The Fuji (and some of the Asia only Omron PIDs) fit my requirements. The Fuji would also fit in the current Gicar location with only slight mechanical mods. The Fuji will also run on 220V at very low power so wiring from the mains should be easy. Before I pull the temperature-sensor from the thermowell does anyone know if the device in the thermowell is a thermocouple or a PT100 RTD? If it is a thermocouple does anyone know what type of thermocouple it is? Does anyone have a schematic or other documentation for the Gicar PID, code 9.3.00.41G? Thanks to everyone in advance for any help or advice you might have for me. Bob -- 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.
