Owner experience with Bezzera Strega - Page 111

September 18th, 2017, 8:55 pm

Found it Barb.
https://www.stoll-espresso.de
But its in german. Sometimes my chrome browser for my phone wont translate

September 21st, 2017, 11:45 pm

erik82 wrote:I used the intank pouches for a long time. Really liked them but watch out they need a couple of hours for the water to descale in the tank. I always put the pouch in a waterjug (like the one from Brita) and kept that in the refrigerator. When the water level in the tank gets low just refill and refill the jug and put it back. That way you always have descaled water.

Finally went to get this pouch, instead of trying to mod the water tank valve. Sink it in a 3L jug like Erik's (but unfridged) and worry less about the scale problem. Yay!

#1103: Post by **Barb** » September 28th, 2017, 2:09 pm

Thanks, Triton
I read German

October 12th, 2017, 11:49 pm

How to check if I will need to do a descale?

For the E61 I had, I could check the mushroom on the grouphead.
Any place I can unplug to take a look?

#1105: Post by **erik82** » October 13th, 2017, 4:36 am

Pull the waterlevel probe out of the boiler and have a look inside. That will give you the answer. You can always descale the HX as with any other HX machine but for a full descale check the boiler.

#1106: Post by **triton91** » October 13th, 2017, 4:52 am

erik82 wrote:Pull the waterlevel probe out of the boiler and have a look inside.

can this be done just by opening up the top cover? or do u need to take of side walls as well?

#1107: Post by **erik82** » October 13th, 2017, 5:04 am

You can do this by just taking off the top cover.

#1108: Post by **triton91** » October 13th, 2017, 5:22 am

Great. Thanks Erik

October 13th, 2017, 5:38 am

erik82 wrote:Pull the waterlevel probe out of the boiler and have a look inside. That will give you the answer. You can always descale the HX as with any other HX machine but for a full descale check the boiler.

How do you just descale the HX?

I've this concept that I will have to heat up the machine, remove all the water.
Fill it with descaling solution and rinse it with clean water.

Is this considered a full descale or just the HX?

#1110: Post by **erik82** » October 13th, 2017, 6:23 am

Fill the reservoir with descaling solution and run it through the machine with the pump turned on so it flushes through the HX. Just make sure the boiler fill doesn't kick in. It's the same way as every E61 HX can be descaled. A full descale will take at lot more time and effort.