{image} Everyone, thanks for the replies ! I will try and take the probe out. It's the one marked with red on the picture correct ? And also the bypass valve, is it worth disassembling it and descale or whatever. Or is it just buy a new pump ? Alittle extra question. The drip tray is quite noisy

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Hi Peter, thanks for your reply. The corrosion on the triac board was on the copper tracks, where the conformal coating is lifting, and moisture clearly sat for a long time. The boiler bracket was also corroded (rusty), and the aluminium of the cup warmer panel had a little corrosion above the steamer. All pretty normal I would think for

Steam wand. Super easy

My unibasket loves the spent puck. Quite hard to separate. Having a clip in place makes pounding it out quicker but compared to EP precision, ims and VST baskets I have used before, there's more work and time in that regard. Maybe it's the straighter walls that causes it

Max2...looks the best out of all the grinders. All black is so clean. Dual burr grinder. Best tolerances. 98mm burrs. Checks all the boxes Espresso machine, there's also Sanremo you, but keeping things simple, ecm synch if you want manual old school fix it yourself OR decent for auto profile and tech. I think lm is over priced

Welcome. Didn't read your whole post yet. But something serious caught my eye... corrosion. Corrosion is different from limescale. Neither is good, but mild scale can be dealt with. Corrosion cannot be. In espresso machines, corrosion is most often caused by chlorides in the water. Note: chlorides are NOT chlorine, which is common in municipal water in developed countries. La

Weekly. My wife likes oily beans. She has her own grinder, I have mine

Me too, if you'd like. I'm across the river from you and have a TJ-067

Ultrasonic cleaners work well on baskets, screens, steam tips, dispersion blocks