Any chance of bikini baristas at the McCafferty kiosk? Sent from my crystal radio.
On Apr 2, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
