Also insure the power you are using is correct as far as 220 and if using a ground and neutral. I had someone hook up a 220 machine one time to 440 that will make smoke. Best wishes, take pictures when you find something

You've got it right. The preheat element is a heat exchanger tube. It's worth ordering an additional gasket and soaking the element in citric acid if it has a thick layer of scale on the steam side (or inside), but generally there will be no benefit to replacing it if it isn't somehow broken. I can check tomorrow to verify

You should always have water connected prior to turning a machine on. Was the power connected properly? There is installation and user manuals available on the La marzocco website. You can go on La marzocco USA site. That being said did you unplug it and investigate where the smoke came from? If smoke actually came out I doubt

Hi Joola, Where did you get the coffee bar?

I'd second the Eureka Specialita. It has a ton of great stuff going for it. You can also get it in the grind by weight model, Libra

I have the exact same setup and am trying to learn here. What does "run out" mean and how is it measured? And how do you test the bottom burr alignment (and re-align it as well?) using tape?

actually I am very curious if the GS3 can use a 2000w heating element ? I know that the GS3 steam boiler can be heated up to 2 bars, was wondering what is the lowest pressure it stays if you purge the steam for approx 50 seconds ? I am always wondering if 1200w heating element

Sure, I really like our Speedster. You might like one too. Great steaming. Back to back shots? No problem - no matter how fast you are. Temperature stability? Saturated group & PID controller, one of the best. I would suggest the Idromatic version with some custom options to make it a virtual one of a kind

I have a DF64 II with red LS burrs (v3 I believe). This is 100% true on the comment that the marker test doesnt alway indicate alignment. I was getting a clean marker test when putting pressure on the grinder going past zero and getting terrible results. I decided to take one of my dial indicators and measure actual run

You should contact them. They may have some 98mm mizens for sale. I paid about $370 US dollars with shipping- back in October