Hello,
First of all I'm not a coffee guy at all and have never used any espresso machines so bear with me if I'm using the wrong terminologies or asking things which appear to be blindingly obvious to those itk.
A few days ago I retrieved a francis x1 (and all it's parts..filter handle, two filter screens, spout, tamper and the manual) from a skip. Of course I wasn't expecting it to work because nobody bins a £300 appliance for no reason, right? Anyway, after filling the tank & switching on (red light working) no water is getting sucked up the pipe, indeed I cannot hear or feel any pumping noise/vibration. I didn't wait until the green light came on as I am worried that heating the boiler whilst empty will damage the appliance further so switched it off pretty sharpish.
I'm guessing that the pump is utterly broken as there is no noise/vibes...or am I wrong & there could be something else faulty like a relay not passing volts to the pump, or something jammed/blocked in the pump mechanism?
Any advice/suggestions will be gratefully received. I have a decent toolbox & multimeter and am fairly happy with stripping the thing apart.
regards, phil
First of all I'm not a coffee guy at all and have never used any espresso machines so bear with me if I'm using the wrong terminologies or asking things which appear to be blindingly obvious to those itk.
A few days ago I retrieved a francis x1 (and all it's parts..filter handle, two filter screens, spout, tamper and the manual) from a skip. Of course I wasn't expecting it to work because nobody bins a £300 appliance for no reason, right? Anyway, after filling the tank & switching on (red light working) no water is getting sucked up the pipe, indeed I cannot hear or feel any pumping noise/vibration. I didn't wait until the green light came on as I am worried that heating the boiler whilst empty will damage the appliance further so switched it off pretty sharpish.
I'm guessing that the pump is utterly broken as there is no noise/vibes...or am I wrong & there could be something else faulty like a relay not passing volts to the pump, or something jammed/blocked in the pump mechanism?
Any advice/suggestions will be gratefully received. I have a decent toolbox & multimeter and am fairly happy with stripping the thing apart.
regards, phil
