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by jwill911
June 20th, 2019, 6:18 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 8031
Views: 1322220

Post a pic of your home espresso setup...

Here's my modest espresso bar, but it does the job. {image}
by jwill911
June 20th, 2019, 6:09 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 13
Views: 704

Steaming/frothing milk with Izzo Alex HX

Not much. Here's a couple pictures of the probe out of the boiler: {image} {image} Now I think it's working and I'm getting dry steam. The probe is now pushed in most of the way in. I pushed it in in increments until I was happy with the results. I learned a bit about my
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by jwill911
June 18th, 2019, 8:14 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 13
Views: 704

Steaming/frothing milk with Izzo Alex HX

Thanks all responders, I did pull the steam probe, it had some scaling on it but minimal. I sanded it with 600 grit and reinstalled. But same issue, so I tried moving it a little at at time. I'm not sure how to know if the bottom of the probe is lower than the top of the
by jwill911
June 18th, 2019, 2:49 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 13
Views: 704

Steaming/frothing milk with Izzo Alex HX

Hi Jake, Thanks for helping. The machine has cooled enough to pull the lid off. I'm not sure where the steam probe is so I'm posting a picture as you suggested and if you can point it out that'll be great. {image} Thanks, John
by jwill911
June 18th, 2019, 11:35 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 13
Views: 704

Steaming/frothing milk with Izzo Alex HX

Thanks very much for the detailed info. I'll pull the cover off and look for the probe once it's cooled off. Then if still issues I'll take a video of attempted steam purge and post it. I appreciate the support. John
by jwill911
June 15th, 2019, 9:14 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 13
Views: 704

Steaming/frothing milk with Izzo Alex HX

Thanks for the reply. I did see the video you posted the link to. And it is very good. My problem seems to be my machine never seems to get dry steam just shoots copious amounts of hot water through the steam wand. I usually have my PID set to 250 when just pulling espresso shots or making
by jwill911
June 14th, 2019, 8:02 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 13
Views: 704

Steaming/frothing milk with Izzo Alex HX

Hi, I can't seem to froth milk with my HX espresso machine. Just shoots lots of hot water into milk, I end up with some foam on top of an increased volume of milk which is mostly water. Machine is Izzo Alex heat exchanger Steam tip is 4 hole PID is set to 255 boiler is ~1.2 bar I
by jwill911
November 14th, 2018, 4:46 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 4
Views: 972

Izzo Alex PID display replace old with new

Hello, I didn't get any replies. But I received images along with some verbiage detailing the wiring of the new PID controller. So I thought I'd share: Microsoft one drive hope it works for you [/url]{link}] Regards, John
by jwill911
November 13th, 2018, 8:18 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 4
Views: 972

Izzo Alex PID display replace old with new

Hi, Has anyone else done this? I purchased a replacement PID display / temperature control from Chris' Coffee. The old unit (9.3.00.57G 03) has an integrated relay where the new unit (9.3.0.01.13G02) has a separate outboard relay. It didn't come with any instruction, I called Chris' Coffee and they ...
by jwill911
November 7th, 2018, 5:51 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 0
Views: 111

Izzo Alex suspected high limit switch failure

Hi, My Izzo Alex HX espresso machine has served me well since 2011 and recently started taking forever to warm up, then didn't at all. I spoke with Dennis at Chris' coffee. He gave me some initial troubleshooting tips and it looks like my "high limit" switch may be bad as it reads "open" and the res...