Is boiler pressure setting relative to top or bottom of heating cycle?

[troller]

Hi all

I have an older La Cimbali jr. with a vibe pump. When adjusting the boiler pressure. If I want the pressure at 1 bar do I set it so it reaches 1 bar at the top of the cycle, or 1 bar when the heating element clicks on at the bottom of the cycle. The manual just says to set to 1 to 1.2 bar. I would think that is the top of the cycle.
Thanks

[HB]

I always set it by the top of the cycle including the "coast" upward.

[jesawdy]

Typically you set to the top of the band... doesn't really matter. Your deadband may vary, but a deadband of 0.1 - 0.25 bar appears to be pretty typical. The recommended 1.0 - 1.2 bar as the top of the band is a good place to start. I would think you would be happy with setting the top of your band at 1.0 bar unless you are doing lots of steaming and back to backs shots, maybe even slightly lower.

[troller]

Thanks HB, makes sense but wanted to be sure.

[troller]

Thanks jesawdy

I had originally tried to set it to get the brew temp right. I was using a thermometer in the water flow without a portafilter, but I ended up with the boiler press. at 1.3 or 1.4.
I need some proper instrumentation

[troller]

by the way guys. please excuse the nick. I know what it means in the online world. I come by it legitimately as I was a troller as in commercial fisherman for many years and chose this nick before I knew about online trolling.

[HB]

I did wonder, thanks for the explanation troller. Feel free to put your real name in your signature (if you are a real person, that is ).

[troller]

I drink coffee therefore I am......

[cafeIKE]

by the way guys. please excuse the nick. I know what it means in the online world. I come by it legitimately as I was a troller as in commercial fisherman for many years and chose this nick before I knew about online trolling.

I thought you were a singer

1. to sing or utter in a full, rolling voice.
2. to sing in the manner of a round or catch.
3. to fish for or in with a moving line, working the line up or down with a rod, as in fishing for pike, or trailing the line behind a slow-moving boat.
4. to move (the line or bait) in doing this.
5. to cause to turn round and round; roll.
6. Obsolete. to hand around, as a bowl of liquor at table.
-verb (used without object) 7. to sing with a full, rolling voice; give forth full, rolling tones.
8. to be uttered or sounded in such tones.
9. to fish by trolling.
10. to roll; turn round and round.
11. to move nimbly, as the tongue in speaking.
-noun 12. a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
13. the act of trolling.
14. a lure used in trolling for fish.
15. the fishing line containing the lure and hook for use in trolling.

Where I come from it's trawler when fishing

[troller]

LoL cafeIKE, who would have thought? You haven't heard me sing.

Trawlers use a big net that is pulled along behind the boat. Trollers pull lines with lures attached, behind the boat. There used to be small trollers working out of Monterey that trolled for salmon. Trawlers are generally large boats, trollers are small boats with 1 to 3 people on them.