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Giotto Evoluzione won't refill boiler

Postby oralia80 on Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:35 pm

I drained my boiler for transport, following Chris Coffee's instructions. Now, with a full water tank, the Giotto thinks it has no water... It starts to kick on and then the light blinks as though there's no water.

Please help!!!
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Postby Al deHyde on Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:40 pm

What is your 'new' water?

The 'no water' sensor depends on the water having some degree of electrical conductivity. If you are using deionized, reverse osmosis or distilled water, the water will not conduct current and the machine will think it has no water. If you are using this kind of water, you will need to add a little 'hard' water to it, or even a tiny bit of salt. The sensor is in that little white cup your tank's dispenser fits into - you'll also need to take the existing water out of this cup before you put conductive water into it.

Hope this is the problem, which is almost instantly fixable. Cheers.

Marty
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Postby oralia80 on Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:01 pm

That was exactly the problem!!! Thank you soooo much! Was using bottled purified water... Apparently too purified... Pinch of salt fixed the problem.
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