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So I grew a pair and left the boiler on and the eddy valve shut and pressure started to build and I am getting hot water and steam but...
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Water will only get to the group head once you are plumbed in as the pump pulls water through a heat exchanger that passes through the...
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So I decided to put the old gasket back on the element for now to see if that works as at least it fits in the recess. The machine isn't...
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After taking the element back out it appears the gasket is bigger than the original meaning it doesn't sit in the recess properly...
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Do you put anything on your gaskets when you fit them?
I thought I'd use the old safety and Eddy valves for now and just fire it up to...
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I've sent Espresso shop pictures of what I'm actually after so lets see :)
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Astoria CK Boiler Safety Valve ø 1/8"M - 20357 theespressoshop.co.uk
So it's the wrong thread and wrong pressure. I did it properly 😊
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Thank You. Could you recommend a place to buy this from?
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The safety valve will come preset to the specification, eg. 1.8 bar to release at 2 bar. Make sure you order the correct thread size .
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That's great, thanks for taking the time to reply. :)
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it you are wiring to a 13akp plug you have to only connect 2 of the legs, this will then run at around 2kw which is safe. There are...
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Me again sorry :)
Few questions here if that's ok
I've ordered my parts so far from The Espresso Shop and wondered where other people...
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I used Astonish Descaler, It came up pretty good.
And obviously I bought a new element
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yes...that's the heat exchanger tube.
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HX = heat exchanger. The water in the boiler is too hot for brewing, the brew water is fed through the HX, a loop sealed from brew...
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That's awesome, thank you so much for taking the time to explain.
So it would be the arrowed part in this photo?
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I'm sorry for my ignorance but when you say H/X tube are you talking about tube 4 in the diagram? If so what does H/X stand for?
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Thanks for the kind words all 😊
the board says what I hope one day will be my own coffee shop called “Doghouse Coffee”
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Hey all!
I thought I would have a much bigger impact on this forum since I’ve been into coffee for the past couple of years now! So I...
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(y) Can't seem to find any on the internet, I wonder if they were not a very popular one at the time
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This is brilliant thank you so much :)
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It is Astoria and the plate says AEP-1J
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As I was removing the boiler from the casing a bit popped out but I can't see where on earth it comes from. It looks like a reducer from...
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Yeah thanks, I've ordered a new element it is knackered.
Currently stripping it down, don't really know what I'm doing so are there...
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The safety valve will come preset to the specification, eg. 1.8 bar to release at 2 bar. Make sure you order the correct thread size .
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yes...that's the heat exchanger tube.
