After the better part of a week with a quiet pump, I got protests from it
again today in the squawking sound, both times while backflushing. This
leads to several questions:
For checking an air leak...
(1) Do I simply need to focus up-line from the pump (such as the water
tube, rubber elbow
wrote:
Same think happened to me when I retrofitted with a rotary pump.
It is caused by air in the feed water. Prime the pump and make sure that
there is no air leak in the hose feeding the pump.
Chris
On 6/21/2014 9:38 PM, Marcus Mininger wrote:
I have this same problem, though
I have this same problem, though I have not measured a drop in pressure
(either on the pressurestat or with an external brew pressure gauge). It
does mainly happens if the pump has to work hard, like on a tight slow
pour, and it might sqwark (a pretty good word for the sound, BTW!) once
total
Todd et al,
Is it possible that a pressurestat problem explains the Water Boiler Temp
problem I asked about in my post on March 9? Frustratingly, no one ever
responded to my post, so I am still completely without espresso at this
point. I would appreciate any perspective that people might
I have a Brewtus 1 that I bought second hand. Have used it for a couple
years with good service. A couple months ago when I was cleaning it
(backflushing w/ detergent, etc.), the temperature readout for the water
boiler started slowly dropping, a degree or so each minute or so (from 93C
to
OK thanks. That is what I'm thinking too. However, I'm new to
espresso repairs, so I wanted to get the opinion of others more
experienced if it seemed like something else was more likely the root
cause of the problem. (I've been having problem with the shots for
several weeks. The leak from
