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I got my Breville Dual Boiler back in late fall of 2011. I was getting ready for a promotion at work that I was going to celebrate with a saturated brew group machine, probably a GS/3 because of their value in comparison to the single group Cyncra (that I really wanted) and...
I have my ECM Sync hooked up to a Wemo and set to come up early am to warm up before I get up. It's worked great for nearly a year. Now all of a sudden it goes directly to Eco mode.
So when I get up, I have to wait for it to warm up.
I've had my Sync water and drain line plumbed for about a year. I've been so happy with it.
A question about cleaning. I have it draining directly into the under sink drain line. I added a p-trap with a clear tube from the machine. I clean the P trap out the other day and boy...
So the other day my machine stopped heating up. I assumed it was the heating element and I usually have a spare Oscar or 2 around for parts. So I went to pull the heating element and while I had it apart I did a full teardown/descale. But then when I went to grab the extra oscar...
After 1 week with my new Elektra Verve, I have to say it produces consistently excellent espresso. If anyone is considering this machine, so far I highly recommend
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I am trying to set-up the PID offset on my Lelit Bianca and have trouble determining the flash-boiling point.
I have followed the method described in and Getting accurate temperature displays on PIDed double boilers . My local boiling point is very close to 100 °C.
I was wondering, if it possible to swap the knobs for wooden knobs(hot water and steam) on Magister Stella. I saw that we can take it off the silver cap in front of the knob, but seems it is not possible, or I dont know, take the black plastic part.
I've had my Mara S-T for a couple of years now, since 1st-Line was practically giving them away. :D When the MaraX came out, I considered selling the S-T and getting it, but then came to my senses.
But, what I did do yesterday was swap out the Mara's ULKA pump for the MaraX's...
