You are so right. I should probably confess that my budget was an important consideration. I bet what I did took twenty times longer than your rig. The shot cam will have to wait, too! Brian
On 5 April 2014 23:44, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.htmpackage > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/brewtus/tJ5Y-kRM43k/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
