1994 Elektra Deliziosa flowmeter problem - Page 2

by **Fullsack** on Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:11 am

icj wrote:When I first turn the machine on the LED's all blink on.

Are you sure the boiler is filling? IIRC, when my boiler was low on water, the green lights flashed and the machine behaved as you described. I believe this is a safety feature that keeps the heating element from burning out when the boiler doesn't have sufficient water.

by **Fullsack** on Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:27 am

icj wrote:A very nice looking machine, by the way. I can only hope mine comes out looking as nice as yours.

They clean-up well don't they? Mine was in comparable shape, so there is no reason yours shouldn't come out just as nice. Best of luck.

by **icj** on Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:16 am

Fullsack wrote:Are you sure the boiler is filling? IIRC, when my boiler was low on water, the green lights flashed and the machine behaved as you described. I believe this is a safety feature that keeps the heating element from burning out when the boiler doesn't have sufficient water.

Interesting, but my machine is filling fine. There were some issues initially but it is sensing and filling fine at this point.

by **icj** on Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:25 am

Paul_Pratt wrote:Sorry I forgot to check the controllers in my office today. But based on your further descriptions it sounds like the field sensor on the flowmeter is dead - assuming the wiring to be ok of course. It seems not to be sensing any rotation of the flowmeter wheel, so each time you program it learns that no rotation of the wheel is correct.

I am quickly coming to this conclusion myself, the wiring was the last thing I could think of checking before replacing the flowmeter. I have read some posts where he was going to try and replace the Hall Effect sensor in the flowmeter, but I never read if that was successful or not.

by **icj** on Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:11 am

stefano65 wrote:match the
+ - 0 symbols from the gicar flowmeter
and the Prongs (sticker on the back casing of the dose pad shows them)
on the dose pad

I took out the dosing pad tonight and below you can see the circuit board and the lack of markings.

and here below are the only stickers on the back of the dosing pad.

Thanks for the suggestion but so much for things being labelled.

by **icj** on Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:30 am

Well here is the end of this saga... as close as I could figure the flowmeter needed replacing. A quick website shopping spree at Espresso Care got me a new Gicar Flowmeter. I got it installed this evening and I am dosing!

Thanks to all those who offered their suggestions and support.

Ian


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