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I've had my Office Leva Dual Boiler for 10+ years. Apart from a few LED segments missing on PID display, it has been rock-solid (NB: blank PID segments pre-date the about-to-be-described problem by a few years).
I remember a while back coming across an amazingly detailed thread on someone completely tearing down and rebuilding their GS/3.
I cannot find it now; can someone help? Yes I did search.
It is time for my #1700 to get a thorough descale and update. As soon as I get a few more...
I have been relatively happy with my Mahlkoenig Vario Home for last 9 years, but recently it stopped working. I decided to fix it even if I will keep it only as backup grinder in future.
After disassembly despite PCB was all in soot, after cleaned it seemed...
The problems below occured after the machine shorted and melted the toggle switch for the steam boiler.
1. The machine keeps restarting, but only when both boilers are switched on.
2. The brew boiler will not heat when the steam is switched off, even though there...
I have an old Rocket Premium Plus Giotto HX machine. I have a thermometer on the group head and only one pressure gauge in the boiler.
I see several issues with it currently and would love to repair it myself with your help:
I recently had issues with my bz10 triggering the residual current circuit breaker when turned on. After opening the machine i found that one of the connectors on the boiler had heavy corrosion, I cleaned this up and inspected inside the boiler to see that there was no scale...
I've done a poor job maintaining my Gaggia Classic :( although it's been running reasonably well since 2007! I've already replaced the thermal fuse twice in the last year, but now it's not passing water and it's clear all the components need a good soak.. So I am disassembling.....
My Astoria Argenta is a huge beast, wired for 220, and I'm using a very large step-up transformer that is able to handle the load to the heating element. The problem comes in when I push the button that energizes the group head solenoids. Doing so causes the transformer to blow...
