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Postby Endo on Tue May 26, 2009 3:24 pm

thefly wrote:Hmm, now that I think about it some more I wonder if it really matters and I am overthinking this....


Wouldn't want that round-off error to ruin the first recorded Silvia God Shot..... :lol:
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Postby thefly on Wed May 27, 2009 7:26 pm

True! Now just have the hard time of waiting for the PID to show up.
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Postby thefly on Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:07 pm

Endo wrote:Wouldn't want that round-off error to ruin the first recorded Silvia God Shot..... :lol:


Endo,

Do you have your PID set to read 0.1 degrees? I just received mine today (will install tonight) but see that it states that it is capable of handling 0.1 degree settings but that "it will take much longer to reach the set point".
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Postby Endo on Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:40 pm

I use 1 deg C increments.
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Postby thefly on Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:51 pm

Thanks Endo. I will see how that works out and whether I want more precision later. Have you tried at 0.1 to see how much longer the stabilization time is? I may try this week and report back.
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Postby Endo on Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:18 pm

thefly wrote: Have you tried at 0.1 to see how much longer the stabilization time is?


Endo's Rule: When it comes to the temperature of coffee, any figures after the decimal are "insignificant". :)
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Postby o3 on Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:17 pm

I have a Silvia with Auber PID, if I had to do it over again I'd go ahead and get the steam, for only one simple reason. When I get up in the morning, first thing I do is turn on Miss S. on steam setting, then go shower etc, it would be nice if it was at 280 when I came back 20 minutes later. That would be the only time it would be handy, otherwise watching the temp, starting steaming at 270 gives me loads of powerful steam with the heater always on.
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Postby Endo on Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:21 pm

I wonder if leaving the Silvia at steam temp for 30 minutes each day would impact life of some components (like gasket or PID)?
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Postby HB on Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:44 pm

Donal, I must be missing something. Why start it in steam mode? If you steam first and brew second, that assures the group will be well over the target brew temperature and negates the added accuracy a PID brings.
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Postby o3 on Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:03 pm

Sorry,
Had a typo, it is at most 20 minutes...maybe I'm overdoing it? I flush afterwards twice to get back down to temp. Is it always better to pull first then steam?
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