Brian, I have to admit that I chuckled a bit. First, I love the thought and energy that you've put into the machine! I am all for whatever works for each user of their machine and I don't mean any offense to anyone for their decisions. But I have to tell you, what you described probably took twice as long as my conversion to rotary and plumbing into the water line of the house. :) One very small hole through the counter top and a few minutes to set the pressure on the pump...
I had the same concerns--didn't want to alter the "stock" machine, wanted to be able to move it, etc. etc. But at least 3 years later, I'm still totally happy with the rotary and the location, and after saving the old guts of the machine for years, I finally tossed them recently. Enjoy the new bells and lights! I love that one machine out there that has underside lighting that changes with the position of the lever, a shot cam, etc. Totally fun. bmc Sent from my apple IIe On Apr 5, 2014, at 20:39, rutnip <[email protected]> wrote: > I may be a bit late into the game, but I have been thinking about this for a > long time. I didn't want to modify the machine more than necessary. I wanted > to minimize the possibility of messy failure, and I wanted to be able to move > the machine if I wanted to. Here is what I have done. > A two-stage water filtration system similar to the Chris Coffee > http://www.chriscoffee.com/Water-Softening-and-Filtration-System-p/softsysg.htm > package with the outlet feeding straight into the water reservoir up through > the body of the machine. With a valve I can fill the reservoir without > lifting up the top cover. To be sure not to over-fill the tank I have > installed a pair of float switches borrowed from the aquarium industry in the > top of the water tank. One turns on a light to tell me that the tank is > fairly full, the other switches on a buzzer to signal imminent mess. The > wires lead to a small project box held to the side of the machine with a > magnet. > The result is a setup which provides appropriately filtered water without me > having to move the machine, lift the cover and fill, provides at least > reasonable protection against spills and doesn't compromise the machine > itself. The low-water switch under the tank will still switch off my darling > Brewtus. > Of course I would love to have a new Brewtus with a rotary pump and properly > plumbed in, but this seems to me a good compromise. > Cheers, > Brian > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
