Breville Barista Express steam very wet

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bob
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#1: Post by bob »

Fixing a BBE BES870 for a friend.

When steaming the pump continuously runs and there is a good deal of water in the steam. I have just descaled with citric acid. On a boiler machine I would adjust the water level sensor, but not aware of this on a Breville thermocoil.

Wondering if anyone has experience with this problem.
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slipchuck
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#2: Post by slipchuck »

I used to own one and through my experience water in the steam is par for the course




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d_leonit
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#3: Post by d_leonit »

bob wrote:Fixing a BBE BES870 for a friend.

When steaming the pump continuously runs and there is a good deal of water in the steam. I have just descaled with citric acid. On a boiler machine I would adjust the water level sensor, but not aware of this on a Breville thermocoil.

Wondering if anyone has experience with this problem.
Does it use more than one heater on the thermoblock?
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mycatsnameisbernie
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#4: Post by mycatsnameisbernie »

bob wrote:When steaming the pump continuously runs and there is a good deal of water in the steam.
I own a BE. What you are seeing is normal.
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bob (original poster)
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#5: Post by bob (original poster) »

I'm pretty sure the pump is running 100% duty cycle.

When I had a BES800 it would run no more than 20% when using steam.

Also I'm getting over 50ml/min in water gain. Is that excessive?
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bob (original poster)
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#6: Post by bob (original poster) »

Descaled 2x more times and it now runs correct duty cycle.
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