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by CRCasey
March 5th, 2021, 12:30 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 3
Views: 597

New design "Closed Loop Espresso", sure you have seen this.

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by CRCasey
February 7th, 2019, 9:23 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 69
Views: 5889

Share your espresso machine history

Mine is quick, and not likely to be happy here. 1. B&D bubble machine. Folgers ground. 2. Read way to much internet. 3. Bought dead S27 and rebuilt it, added Mazzer Major. 4. Bought a la Peppina, old lever. 5. A new cheap ceramic grinder that fits on the
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by CRCasey
September 8th, 2017, 2:06 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 2
Views: 489

Zacconi Venezia Arte - thermal switch or heating element gone?

First off take all measurements with the unit unplugged. Second, get yourself a ohm-meter. Even a little harbor freight cheep give away meter is fine. Set it to read resistance. Disconnect the two connectors circled below on your photo. You will do the first test on these two tabs on the bottom of t...
by CRCasey
September 1st, 2017, 9:20 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 1
Views: 436

La Pavoni Pro pressure gauge at 0.5 bars when off

My guess is that somehow your vacuum breaker valve on the boiler has become stuck closed when the machine was hot. This would cause two problems. 1. When it was hot, and then cooled off the steam returning to water in the boiler caused a vacuum inside the boiler, causing the pressure gauge to peg ag...
by CRCasey
August 18th, 2017, 9:31 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 14
Views: 2134

Espresso pump and motor stopped

Multiple places you can send it off for a rebuild, should be in the $40.00 range at the worst. Or you can order a rebuild kit for half of that and do it yourself. Plus who knows what you may learn. Hope you didn't toast the motor, did you power it up and see if it ran?
by CRCasey
August 18th, 2017, 10:25 am
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 14
Views: 2134

Espresso pump and motor stopped

Start with the collar on the motor, which in your photo is on the right. You may need to loosen the other side to give yourself some more wiggle room. Also, since the pump has not been working, the boiler may be low on water. So when you go to test the pump, unplug the heater element
by CRCasey
August 15th, 2017, 8:04 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 14
Views: 2134

Espresso pump and motor stopped

Before you check anything else make sure your boiler fill probe has not come loose. That can cause some issues on certain machines. Like any time you have a pump/motor problem the first step is to separate the two and find out if you have a pump problem/or a motor problem. Disconnect the power and u...
by CRCasey
August 8th, 2017, 9:29 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 47
Views: 2969

Rancilio S27 Rebuild/Repair Started

Well bringing this back onto topic, how do you bring an S27 onto temp and pressure? Lets start with the easiest. Pressure. That is directly set by the Siri pressure stat. This is the Temp you feed the HX. Get it to high and your head will flash steam. To low and you will
by CRCasey
August 5th, 2017, 6:19 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 47
Views: 2969

Rancilio S27 Rebuild/Repair Started

Sorry I jump from one idea or conclusion to the other and skip steps
by CRCasey
August 5th, 2017, 6:17 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 47
Views: 2969

Rancilio S27 Rebuild/Repair Started

it is and engineering question. If you have X coils next to a heater that boils, how many coils next to a overheated heater or what would the pressure change be? What delta change is safe? What delta change is not safe? They solved this in a straight line way with the tube, a tube this