We're similar, the tea spout gets used several times a week - usually daily. I tend to backflush regularly just with water to rinse everything away and with detergent every week or so. and then i'll drain the boilers if we're going to be out of town for more than 4-5 days, or for a long weekend if i...

Jake - you're doing well with that thing. Do you use it with some regularity? I wouldn't go poking the tiger unnecessarily but that might be a good part to have a spare on-hand, and a replacement copper washer etc... You've probably got most of that stuff already i'd guess. I'm looking forward to ge...

I don't know the exact LM part number any more, i would have ordered it either from LM directly or maybe espressoparts in 2017/2018 maybe. On the barrel of the current one that failed it says MADE IN ITALY P17051017-K (the "101" is a bit marred from a wrench so i can't read it clearly but i

I emptied the boiler and removed the valve this afternoon. The valve definitely failed in an unfortunate way. Water made its way around the ball portion and found an egress path through the handle. There was a bit of mineral deposit inside of it when i disassembled it. I have a feeling that the 3 pi...

Thank you! And of course it turns out that i spoke too soon. After i posted this i went ahead and pulled the machine apart more completely. The small amount of bubbling water that i saw escaping from the ball valve had in fact formed a puddle on the frame which was only visible when

I've been bringing my old (~1st year) GS/3 back into use after it sitting idle for the last 2 years. It's been a few weeks of troubleshooting minor leaks, ordering parts, trying again etc... So far nothing too significant just worn out solenoid plungers and the like. Yesterday i got it fully up to p...

Hi there, the good thing about the pump in these machines is that it's pretty easily accessible. If it works consistently when cold and then fails consistently after ~90 minutes it sure sounds like it's heat related. It could be that the pump is just broken i guess and replacing it will address the ...

Check out this new project. It uses an Arduino based controller to interface with an Acaia scale (via bluetooth) to manage extraction by weight on a variety of machines. I'm not involved with this at all but i've follow tate's yt channel for a while and he just posted a video this morning introducin...

wow, good find. that's rather impressive. Hopefully there aren't any other plumbing issues that crop up

It's this one here i think (part 4) {image}