whereshaldo wrote: It is a hulking beast of an espresso machine but there was just no way to fit it into my kitchen. The Silvia works fine, but its lacking the style of a big, red, 2 group.
hal

To be completely honest here, I had no idea my kitchen would get so small. In fact, once my shop opens (hopefully speaking) I intend on moving it out and picking up something like an Expobar Brewtus II A3

I would also like to say at one point there was four men and one woman in my house at one time - all with the intent of getting this thing plugged in and humming. It has took the brain of everybody included. Everybody was severely disappointed when we couldn't fire the engine up! We all wanted espresso! I guess all of our brain power failed. That is a bad point to make.

WilsonHines wrote:Man, I have four wires:
2 Black
1 Blue
1 Brown
1 Yellow/Green

Currently, it is wired Black and Black to the hot. Brown and Blue are twisted together and on the ground and the yellow/green is cut off and not attached.

four wires, or five? you're talking about the power cable, right? are those connections at the plug end or the machine end?


and is this 220v or 110v?

My machine is 220 / 5 wire and has 2 browns, a black, blue & yellow/green.

Here's the backside of the plug... the browns & black are twisted together on the 'Y', the blue is attached to the 'X' and the yellow/green is the ground:


Here's a shot of the cord coming in & attaching to the big power switch on the front of the machine:


And of course the power cord:


And here's a shot of my little one 'helping':



Hope this helps.

Thanks guys. Looks like we had it all wrong.

Let me get back from church today and I will go at this again. I have some expensive beans that just can't wait...literally, they are at 12 days and 8 respectively.

Now, on the kids, I surely wish I had a pic of my Anna at Murky with a straw sucking down a decaf espresso out of a 2.5 oz cup! But, alas, we left the camera at home!

Maybe this will do LOL

Wilson -

Why not, come Monday morning, try to get an electrical wiring diagram for da machine from these guys:

http://www.faemasource.com/index.html

Something SEEMS a little screwy on fflewddur's plug (but it obviously works).

And if somebody knows why I can find an electrical wiring diagram on a $500 clothes dryer back panel and NOT on a $5000 espresso machine, I'd love to know.

Well, your right fflewwder's does seem odd, but it does work.

Between fflewwder's and this link http://www.home-barista.com/espresso-machines/us-and-europe-wiring-standards-what-color-is-which-wire-t3071.html I figured I could get it right.

Yeah, a call to Jason might be the smart thing to do. I have to leave in the morning and go to Grand Rapids, MI. I won't be back until Wednesday or Thursday. Argghh!

I don't know what to do.

yes. I thought something might be a little screwy with mine...

Finally some progress towards rebuild.

After a very good soak & thorough rinsing, the scale is finally gone from inside & out and I'm re-assembling. So far it's going pretty quickly, but this is the easy part....

here's a reminder of the scale that was on the outside (it was worse inside):


but now the scale is gone. Here's the scrubbed frame with the first few pieces back on:

Hey fflewdder, the pics just reminded me that Shannon told me he used standard automotive engine paint for that bright and shiny boiler!