I've done a little investigating and I see that it is a plug for the solenoid. If I plug it in, the solenoid seems to work properly... but what do the wires that WERE plugged into the solenoid go?! There is a red wire that goes to F4 on the gicar box, a white wire that goes to F2, and

A slayer is quite a machine to have at home and it is a tough act to follow. It really depends on what u r looking for for your replacement machine though if u r looking at the linea mini, I don't think the tablet touchscreen vibe of the decent is quite the type of machine that would

Thanks for the suggestion. You clearly understand using ESE pods to make the best possible espresso. If I understand correctly though, it would be a long-term, perhaps permanent conversion, at least for me. I still want to grind my non-decaf shots, the vast majority of what I pull. A fairly thorough survey of this admittedly arcane topic showed (I

I would just focus on making good shots with the stock BDB. The slayer mod is nice to experiment with, but you're adding a lot of variables before you have the basics of espresso under control. I did the slayer mod myself, and it's not a magic thing that makes your shots good, at first it might even make your

That is correct. In fact my graphs for 50 and 100g look totally different to my full load 190g batches, not talking about time as the roasting time is similar. Talking about airflow/power, for lower weight batches I use more airflow to push the heat in. With a "full load" in my case 190g (machine can do max 200g but

I can't speak for the youtube versions. The grinders Dan and I received several months ago (I call them Beta versions in the review) had a loud and vibration prone motor noise. This revised grinder has a quiet motor. However, the grinding noises are still fairly high. This is the case with all single dosing grinders used without a lid

This looks interesting. My Behmor is about 15 years old as well, replaced the motor, board, and afterburner. Anyone with experience of this Skywalker?

Update about my grinder: Weber offered to pick it up back to inspection about 2.5 weeks ago. Even though I expected Weber to offer an exchange one-by-one with a new grinder, they didn't offer it and I accepted. They received it last Thursday, and I was under the impression they will easily fix the alignment issue ASAP to make sure

Perhaps the sort of aficionado who will shell out $365 for a coffee brewer is the sort who wants to pick their own grinder?

I'm glad they didn't as I would suddenly make it of no interest, many of us already have. Also it's better for them to sell you two pieces of equipment than one