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- 2 minutes ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Breville Dual Boiler Rattle and loss of Pressure
Hi all, After 4 solid years of use, my Dual Boiler has started to give me some grief. The machine is taking longer to build up pressure, and is not getting to 9 bar. When it started happening, I descaled and cleaned the machine and it worked well for another few weeks, but it is now back to the
- 27 minutes ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
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Rancilio Silvia Help
If this is new unplug it and contact Rancilio. If it is used unplug it and have a qualified electrician look at it. Things that trip GFI can cause bad things to happen
- 39 minutes ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 1
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Rancilio Silvia Help
Hello! I was sent here from Reddit. I purchased a Rancilio Silvia last week. When I turned it on everything seemed to work fine. I flipped all the switches on, pump was work, water came out of the group head but as soon as I opened up the nozzle for steam, it tripped the GFCI outlet. It seems like
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 6
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Turin/MiiCoffee DF54 Burr Binding Problem?
Huh I'll chalk it up to a gap in my knowledge but since I'm not the only one with the 'issue' I'm guessing MiiCoffee/Turin are going to get more people who also don't know this! Thanks!
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 6
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Breville Dual Boiler gurgling, Brand New machines x 2
Drain the boilers from the front screws completely. Then turn on to let warmup and refill steam and brew boiler, let it sit at temp a bit before using. Might be air in system or wasn't correctly filled somehow
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 6
- Views: 59
Turin/MiiCoffee DF54 Burr Binding Problem?
Always run the motor when adjusting finer. It's common practice even with much more powerful commercial grinders. It's also what Joe Kolb from Espresso Outlet recommends doing for every Turin grinder
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 6
- Views: 59
Turin/MiiCoffee DF54 Burr Binding Problem?
Interesting....first I'm hearing about adjusting the grind while the motor is running but I'll give it a try
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 2
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Thought on this theoretical pressure profile?
Yes, that is a typical spring lever pressure profile. Variations on this theme have been my go-to on the Decent since day one. {image} Example: preinfuse at 6ml/s, raise pressure to 9 bar, then smooth decline to 6 bar over 35s
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 3
- Views: 38
Checking Bezzera Strega P/I and Brew Pressure with Portafilter Pressure Gauge
Just my experience, but I had the dimmer mod and removed it as I found it unpredictable when actually pulling a shot. I ended up with three settings with the dimmer - max on, min on, and somewhere in between - but even then I could not get a repeatable pre-infusion pressure (again, when actually pulling shots - I did
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
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Pasquini Livia 90 high brew pressure and valve leaking
I've completed the Hank Bates Pasquini conversion! I'm sicker than a dog so not going to waste any shots since I can't taste anything. What steam pressure do you keep your Pasquini running at? I'm going to start with 1 to 1.2 bar and adjust from there based on taste, once I have some. I've made