Hi Guys Just thought I would give some feedback on the 220v 2000watt steam boiler upgrade I had done on my Brewtus IV-R a few months ago. Was a straight element swop out as all the wiring seems to be fine for the added current, was intere4sted to fdind out that all the OZ versions seems to come with 2000watt elements as standard, mine game with a 1200watt element, obviously EU spec or something like that.
When I had the 1200watt element installed I always felt that I could do with a bit more steam power, pressure used to drop from 1.4bar down as far as 0.5 bar when steaming the milk and whilst it worked I always felt a bit jealous, especially when I was loaned a GS3 whilst my machine was getting a service (an evil plan by my machine retailer). I had a single hole tip installed so I could get better results with my steamed milk, this resulted in very slow steaming and slowed the whole process down when making capuchino's. I would like to say that since I have had the 2000watt element installed the steam power has been awesome. I have changed my steam tip from a single hole to a 4-hole tip which steams a 250ml milk jug to 65C in 18 seconds so the speed is MUCH better. single hole used to take around 45 seconds. Pressure is also greatly improved, I start steaming at 1.4bar and the poressure stays there unless the boiler has to fill at which point it will drop down to around 1.2 bar and then moves up to 1.4 bar again. I no longer lust after the GS3 (ok, perhaps still just a little bit :-) ) but am much happier with my steaming results and my latte art has improved a lot since the change. JohnB -- 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.
