Cheers, enjoy! While we do deal with occasional quirks, the machine makes great shots and the customer service from Todd and Co. is always good. bmc
On Dec 2, 2010, at 11:02 AM, HowardG wrote: > I just pulled the tube away from the nipple and gave it some more > slack and take out the kink. That seems to have solved the problem. I > have just pulled two delicious double shots (25 secs ea) and the > temperature is staying right on 200F, and the brew pressure gauge > started off at about 3.5 and reached 8.5 by the end of the shot. Two > backflushes and everything is holding together. Seems like very bad > quality control. It would have been a waste of time and effort to > repack and ship this thing back to Rochester just to straighten out a > kinked tube. I guess you have to be prepared to take things apart if > you want to own an espresso machine. Thanks everyone for all the > advice. I like this group. > > On Dec 2, 1:34 pm, Barry Luterman <[email protected]> wrote: >> That looks like the problem. I can see an air bubble in there.Remove >> the tube. If there is enough slack cut off the kink and reattach the >> hose >> >> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:25 AM, HowardG <[email protected]> wrote: >>> OK I uploaded the picture just now to the photo area -- it's called >>> "kink" (original, no?) >> >>> On Dec 2, 1:07 pm, HowardG <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I took off the cover and traced the supply line all the way into the >>>> machine, past the three-way coupling and saw that there is a kink in >>>> the hose where it is attached to the brass nipple of (what I assume to >>>> be) the pump -- I took a photo of it -- is there a way to post a pic >>>> to this group? >> >>>> On Dec 2, 12:50 pm, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> At 07:32 AM 12/2/2010, you wrote: >> >>>>>> This morning the same >>>>>> routine: temp stabilizes at 200, brew pressure gauge reads 10 bars. I >>>>>> pull one shot (again a long extraction time) and the brew pressure >>>>>> gauge falls to and stays at 0 the temp starts to climb. While this is >>>>>> happening I hear a gurgling noise from inside the machine. >> >>>>> Sounds almost like 2 problems, an overpressure valve that sticks open >>>>> and a defective or badly set up PID. Can you go through all the PID >>>>> settings and make sure they are the same as factory recommended. >> >>>>> I keep trying to figure out if a loose wire or a couple of swapped >>>>> wires would cause this, but I don't really see how. >> >>>>> When you pull the second shot with a blind disk and get no pressure >>>>> is the water returning to the tank? Does water come out of the short >>>>> hose or do you notice the pressure on the steam boiler changing? Is >>>>> the water in the steam boiler hot? >> >>>>> 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]. >>> 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. > -- 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.
