There are people here who are real experts on these machines, I just tend to remember trivial facts that I see here

I would assume that it has 2 reasons for stopping, the required torque drops to zero for a long time or the required torque stays at zero for a long time. I would guess if you feed slowly and evenly enough you hit the second trigger as feeding slowly enough might not trigger the torque has passed X ...

I think I remember someone mentioning they were to shut off the water to the sight glass in case it's broken. Someone who know better will hopefully correct me if I'm wrong

Try feeding a bit faster to see if it stops that, if so, you're likely triggering the auto-off feature

There is no polarity, blue and brown are equivalent

I'm also in LA and have the parts to fix the most common problem, the power supply dying. PM me if you want

I don't recall how the later Behmors work, but I would suggest trying to set the heat to 75%, I think that's possible and adjust the batch size to get the roast you want. I'd suggest starting around 350-400 grams. My Behmor was very special and I used heat a bit under 70% with a 300 gram batch and t...

The name is because it was 1/2 as tall

While talking to them at the SCA show I was told they see no difference in taste other than cleaning metal filters is more annoying. They are really thin and flexible. Soaking in Cafiza was suggested as how to clean them

I was looking at the LifeX at the SCA show last week and was impressed by the burrs. Sadly I can tell you nothing about the quality of the grind or the grinder, but the guy in the booth was very passionate about it, far more than the average salesman in most other booths. I guess he had a hand