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I thought, after not descaling for a few years, it would be good to descale my giotto. all was fine until I attempted to drain and flush. At first, the machine wouldnt stop filling, even with level sensor re-installed (it was removed for...

My Bonavita variable temp kettle just stopped working. Nothing happens when I press power and nothing is showing up on the display. So I opened this thing up and from what I can see, one of the components in the power PCB has shorted. I...

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So i am doing a do-over of a 67 olympia cremina.
Everything goes well, the last service was in 2015. reason for the overhaul was a leaking boiler gasket and a very reluctant lever.

(Turns out that the 'service-person'...

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I recently bought what I assume is an older La Pavoni Commercial Pub 1v. It came with a matching Zip grinder. Grinder works perfectly, very sharp burrs. Also a flojet, a motor, and what looks like an additional water catch...

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Since a couple of days the boiler of my QM Silvano empties itself as soon as it gets hot. The boiler return tube in the water tank drips rapidly, even after the machine has been turned off.
The pid still shows around 205 F but has...

Hi guys, my gs3 showed these days a different behavior than before. The coffee boiler temperature is 94.8 C and offset -2.8, but the value of 92.0 C can not remain on the display (even after 2 h), varying between 91.6 and 92.4, differently...

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For the past while, I have had a faint fizzing noise coming from my espresso machine. I contacted the folks at Clive, and they suggested that it might be the safety valve/vacuum breaker. It seems a reasonable explanation. I...

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This is my first post. I picked up what I believe to be an Elektra Microcasa a Leva from researching. However, I can't find the model # anywhere to even begin figuring out what I have. It looks in what I believe is rough, but...

Decided to increase the height of one of my Faemina machines by 3-5cm. A second gen version.
In retrospect somethings are better left alone.

The shaft or hollow rod that joins the boiler with base seemed to vary slightly between...