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by **mitch236** on Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:09 pm

You could always run the grinder's cord behind the fridge since its draw is low and very infrequent. If you are electrically challenged you could always hire an electrician to help. The drain is doable as well. You could drop the drain to the basement and figure it out from there (unless your basement is finished).

Nice setup btw!

by **flatsix** on Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:53 pm

Thanks mitch. I wish it were that easy... unfortunately the grinder would put that circuit a hair over 20 amps, and no matter how I take the drain tube into the basement, it will have to go through the granite countertop first. I've got an electrician coming next week to have a look at the first part. I'm not ready for the second part yet.

by **rgs1218** on Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:56 pm

Here's the tiny little nook of the kitchen my wife allows me to occupy.

Actually, I had been using another section of counter space but using this spot allowed me to plumb in the Cellini off the line used by the refrigerator without having to drill through the granite. Haven't done it yet but probably going to plumb the drain into some sort of receptacle to be store in the cabinet below.

by **CRCasey** on Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:18 pm

rgs1218 wrote:Haven't done it yet but probably going to plumb the drain into some sort of receptacle to be store in the cabinet below.

You have most likely heard this from me before. But one good drain is worth a thousand fills.

I support a nice drain over any type of filler.

Get a 2.5 gallon carboy under there at the least. A 5 gallon works for me, and I change it out when it gets heavy, not so much as when it gets full. It never has gotten nasty, or full, and I can be away from my drain carboy for months. Just remember it can not be air tight for the drain.

I know a lot of you just got a sphincter twitch from this, but I can say that I have seen 0 bacterial growth in the outflow medium.

Any one want to explain why?

-Cecil

by **CRCasey** on Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:23 pm

CRCasey wrote:You have most likely heard this from me before. But one good drain is worth a thousand fills.

I support a nice drain over any type of filler.

Get a 2.5 gallon carboy under there at the least. A 5 gallon works for me, and I change it out when it gets heavy, not so much as when it gets full. It never has gotten nasty, or full, and I can be away from my drain carboy for months. Just remember it can not be air tight for the drain.

I know a lot of you just got a sphincter twitch from this, but I can say that I have seen 0 bacterial growth in the outflow medium.

Any one want to explain why?

-C

-Cecil

Residual chlorine does not count as it is bottle fed as well.

-C

by **Randy G.** on Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:49 pm

CRCasey wrote:I support a nice drain over any type of filler.

Do you mean that to you, a plumbed drain is a priority over a plumbed machine? I don't get "filler."

by **CRCasey** on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:21 pm

Randy,

You know this,

A good drain beats any filling system for a machine for usefulness.

-C

by **Randy G.** on Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:18 am

CRCasey wrote:A good drain beats any filling system for a machine for usefulness.

It depends on the machine, and I suppose the size of the drip tray. But in my case, I would easily choose plumbed fill over plumbed drain. With A rotary pump and manual E-61 group, the ability to pre-infuse at will trumps plumbed waste any day. In other cases, such as a heavy machine under an overhead cabinet making the reservoir difficult to access, and if the sink is nearby, the drip tray is easier to manually dump than the reservoir is to fill.

by **CRCasey** on Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:47 am

Randy.

With my machine, without the ability to dump water I would never be able to adjust the temp/speed of my head.

And you taught me this way back when in one of your old blogs.

I have read you for a long time and I respect you. So I am out on this.

-Cecil

by **bruzzi** on Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:40 am

Hi,
I am Boris (from Germany) this is my first post.
I restored an old La San Marco 85-12-2 in 2011 with some face(case) modding.
I bought the machine incl. the SM90 mill for 200€ and polished all the aluminium parts.

before

...and now

same with the mill

and now polished

With best regards from Germany
Bruzzi


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