Hi World:)

Before I post this, let me tell you how cool it is to have you experts a post away:) so thanks in advance

I recently bought a Aurelia and a Mythos for a real good deal from someone who had bought it from an auction who had got it from a Gloria Jeans coffee shop..... The grinder is in really good nic despite it having being used 84 580 times, thats right, the counter on the grinder says that is the total. I used it for an event this evening and it was going well for a while but when we got busy it stopped working, the motor sounded like it struggled sometimes. When I made the grind a little coarser it finally started turning again and would work for another couple of shots.

Here is what I have done:

I thought it was the capacitor so I changed it, no joy, during busy times it still does it.
I thought it was the motor that was 'bad' inside, but I opened it up and it all seems pretty good, no burned wires and it looked like a new motor, the bearings are good.
The Burrs are really blunt but could blunt burrs really stall a 800w motor? The motor says 250w on it but I chatted to the agent and he says with the capacitor it is rated at 800w.

Do you think I should increase the size of the Capacitor to a 20uF or higher from the original 16uF to help it get going?

I will appreciate any help, thanks.

C

So, when it was not working it was making noise, or struggling?

It hummed as if the motor was trying to turn