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Vibiemme Domobar Super Double Boiler Descale - Page 2

Postby prof on Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:17 pm

cafeIKE wrote:It is.

On the HX, I can measure the effect of scale on the shot inter-shot temperature change.
See Scale, HX Temperature Stability and a bit o' PID

Using the same bottled water, no change is detected on the DB.

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Brew boiler element after 6 months of daily use with no descale. Boiler looked no worse.
Real soon now, the DB will be torn down for a photo session of possible neglect :oops:

Sadly, there is far too much hooey on the www. On ALL topics. :roll:



So this is presumably because the DB brew boiler runs at a lower temperature than the HX one? (Sorry for any ignorance).
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Postby cafeIKE on Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:08 pm

Stefano's Espresso Care has this very thorough Vibiemme DB Descale instructions
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Postby prof on Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:21 pm

I saw that. I can't imagine doing all that on a regular basis, let alone once a month as Jim suggests! Isn't just running descaling solution though the machine enough?
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Postby YasBean on Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:44 pm

Stephano's instructions are very clear, but I cannot imagine doing this regularly, either. Besides, his method includes getting the jumper wire. There is a $20 surcharge on a small order from him, and I have not opened everything up to look at the wires to build a jumper myself.

Jim suggests just running de-scaler through the group head, but I am wondering about the 4x part. That sounds awfully strong. I will try 2x at first.
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