JohnB. wrote:I use nothing but 18g & 20g doses with my Bosco with the P'stat set to 1.2 bar. If you want to see drips after 6-8 seconds of P/I just grind coarse enough. I don't really care for those shots & seldom leave the lever down for more then 3-5 seconds. No drips until the lever engages.

Neither did Reiss until it suddenly became an important feature of the L1-P

http://londiniumespresso.com/blog/the-wild-goose-chase

baldheadracing wrote:Ah. That makes sense. Unlike (most) North American standards, there is no independent testing required for (most) CE marking. The manufacturer essentially says, yup, what I am making meets CE, and can put the CE marking on. At the risk of stating the obvious, CE is for the EU and doesn't necessarily apply to North America.

I suspect that the appropriate certifications are more of an issue for commercial food service use.

UL costs more money for certification and is something insurance companies like to see. I would be curious to see what an insurance company would say if a fire was caused by an un-certified machine.

Thanks for that info on the switches. Peak current rating is one thing but constant draw is another; do you think the switch was the culprit for the burned connectors or the undersized wiring? Or both?

baldheadracing wrote:Stephen, the replacement switch is the "peak current" version (APEM part # 641SH vs. 641H). The replacement switch can handle peak currents of 150Amps and has silver cadmium oxide contacts instead of the silver/nickel alloy contacts of your original switch. http://www.datasheetarchive.com/dl/Data ... 019314.pdf

BTW, OP, have you tried posting your request on the Londiniumespresso forums?

Because I insist on telling the truth and am a fairly observant person Reiss has banned me from stating what I have stated here and on the L1-P Thread on HB.

He also threatened me with cancelling my warranty because I put a perforated stainless steel screen and cup rail on top stating that I would get water into the electrics. Well, it is a cup warming rack NOT a cup drying rack. PLUS, the holes in the OEM top panel are directly over the Pstat so if water was ever draining through those holes it would land squarely on the top of the Pstat; I do not think that is a good thing. So, to stop all [possibilities of water in the electrics I use the mantra that "It is a cup warming rack and not a cup dryiong rack".

Reiss deleted SOME of my Posts, and I suspect edited others. He deleted Posts from other people as well if he did not like what they were saying, even though they were not rude, crass or if they were actually factually correct. Being banned from that Forum is not a loss for the Lever community as a whole because HB knows that I will not lie, nor will I be crass or vindictive.

FotonDrv wrote:Because I insist on telling the truth and am a fairly observant person Reiss has banned me from stating what I have stated here and on the L1-P Thread on HB.

He also threatened me with cancelling my warranty because I put a perforated stainless steel screen and cup rail on top stating that I would get water into the electrics. Well, it is a cup warming rack NOT a cup drying rack. PLUS, the holes in the OEM top panel are directly over the Pstat so if water was ever draining through those holes it would land squarely on the top of the Pstat; I do not think that is a good thing. So, to stop all [possibilities of water in the electrics I use the mantra that "It is a cup warming rack and not a cup dryiong rack".

Reiss deleted SOME of my Posts, and I suspect edited others. He deleted Posts from other people as well if he did not like what they were saying, even though they were not rude, crass or not factually correct. Being banned from that Forum is not a loss for the Lever community as a whole because HB knows that I will not lie, nor will I be crass or vindictive.

Your notes are noted here. Thank you.

I looked at my wording and modified it a bit but the crux of the matter is the same.

Thanks for the feedback

baldheadracing wrote:I don't know.

FWIW, I am looking at my Strega and it uses the same model switch as was in your L1 .

Interesting! Have you ever checked the current draw of the machine on start up and at idle and when the pump comes on?

Bob_McBob wrote:Neither did Reiss until it suddenly became an important feature of the L1-P

http://londiniumespresso.com/blog/the-wild-goose-chase

For clarity sake, the L1-P didn't even exist then. His post was in reference to the original design (L-1).

Why would you love a sorrento when the l1-p is better

I believe the aforementioned issues over switches were resolved and that any L1 owner that had an issue was sent out a replacement switch to rectify the problem. The new machines do not have this issue anymore as far as I am aware!

I am intrigued as to why you considered and indeed purchased the L1-P if you were not happy with some of the build quality aspects Stephen?