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Dalla Corte descale

Postby Bkeef on Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:51 pm

After reading a few posts it reminded me that I have never descaled my mini. Water quality is good and I have had no reason or symptom to think I have scale issues. Assuming after a year or so it's probably time.

Has anyone done one of these to help me out?
Manual is not very detailed so I will see if anyone has any info.
Thanks
Brian
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Postby Marshall on Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:24 pm

Time by itself means nothing, unless you know how much scale-building material (if any) has gone into your machine. The best (only?) place for a consumer to go to make a reasonable estimate is Jim Schulman's FAQ: http://www.big-rick.com/coffee/waterfaq.html.

I would caution against unnecessarily frequent descalings. You never know what you may dislodge and plug up your machine's plumbing.
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Postby nobbi4711 on Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:46 am

The brew boiler is chromed inside, so the only way to do it proper is to disassemble the machine and wipe it out. If it runs - don't fix it.

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