Thanks John and Dennis. I have often considered whether it would be worth pulling 220 into the kitchen, and I think you confirm it would be.
But if I'm going to do that, the sky's the limit on machines, and then... Pretty soon there's a drive up kiosk at the front driveway. Best, bmc Sent from my 8-track deck On Apr 2, 2012, at 6:44, Dennis Keating <[email protected]> wrote: > John, those are good numbers. it seems our US 110v 15 amp models really > sacrifice the power. IIRC the internal wiring , power switch, and power cord > must be upgraded in size to even run both boilers at once, and that is with > 900 watt elements . (re: Sean Lennon) it is cool yours can be turned > into such a powerhouse. now you will have to worry about blowing the milk > out of the cup!! - Dennis > > On 4/2/2012 1:17 AM, John Brinkman wrote: >> >> 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. > -- > 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.
