Thanks Ben. Glad it's not anything to worry about. I'll make sure to also run the tap more to flush it.
On Apr 3, 1:13 pm, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > There probably shouldn't be grind, but perhaps a bit got blown back towards > the pump? I wonder if perhaps this was just some debris from manufacturing. > Take off the screen tip on the water wand, and be sure you don't have more > junk in there, and flush a time or two with it off. You shouldn't see any > more grind in there. > > The beige color water is normal--when you only use steam out of that boiler, > you are effectively concentrating the mineral content in the boiler (you add > more mineralized water each time the pump runs, but only take off pure water > in the form of steam, leaving more and more minerals in the boiler--at least > that's how I understand it). So, by flushing the water out like you did, you > are running out all the water with concentrated mineral content, and > replacing it with "normal" dilution water. It normally takes me about three > flush/heat cycles to clear it out if I have left it for a while. I now > usually flush it once weekly, and then I only need one flush to clear things > up again. > > It is also normal for the temp on the machine to drop--you are replacing the > boiling+ water in the steam boiler with cold tap water, and that makes the > heat exchanger non-existent (because the water flowing to the brew boiler > through the steam boiler isn't pre-heating at all until the steam boiler is > back up to temperature). > > best, > bmc > > On Apr 3, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Cindy Goddard wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone > > > This morning I turned on my water tap to warm up my cup when the water > > coming out was a light beige color with a few grinds in it. I rarely > > have used the tap, so I was a little startled that the water wasn't > > clear. I ran it a few more times and the water finally got clearer. > > But it really dropped my temperature on my machine (and made the pump > > run for a while). Is this normal? How is grinds getting into the > > tap? I do a cafzla cleaning everyweek (will do one today), and water > > backflushes everyday. > > > Cindy > > > -- > > 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.
