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Postby Howdy Mr on Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:28 am

another_jim wrote:The OPV is set up as a safety device, at around 18 bar and does nothing for the brew process. It can be modified, but it takes considerable experience.



After working with this a while it seems that someone who must have considerable experience worked on this machine before I received it. Thus, it choked a lot easier than it might have if it had retained the factory setting. Glad I didn't make any assumptions. Everything seems to be working very well now, except the hepf. That'll take a lot more work.

Thanks again for the tips. Filters on the way.
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Postby Howdy Mr on Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:25 pm

Howdy Mr wrote:I'm figuring this machine out a little at a time. The switches for the pump and steamer appear to be upside down (up is off, down is on). This threw me off for a bit until I realized the symbols were switched from the one in the manual.

I was able to find an answer to this. Apparently they changed the switches later in this machine's run. The old (narrow) ones would break more easily, sometimes only lasting a year. The new (wider) ones apparently never break and are oriented opposite, with on in the down position.
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Postby Howdy Mr on Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:17 pm

After a year of practice and experimentation I suppose I'm getting fairly adequate with this machine. Since I don't have much to compare it to, I imagine I don't know what I'm missing with nicer machines.

Yesterday I saw a new Gaggia 14101 Classic at a local liquidation store for $199. It's a good price, but I really don't know if it would be a move up or laterally. Any advice/insight would be appreciated.
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