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by MikeDee
Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:42 pm
Forum: Mini General Q&A
Topic: Dosing ring/funnel
Replies: 2
Views: 2917

Dosing ring/funnel

Any recommendations? What size fits best? I measured with a plastic vernier caliper, and got 53.7 mm portafilter basket ID, so maybe 53.5 mm?
by MikeDee
Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum: VII Out-of-Warranty Problems
Topic: S1-V2 - Safety Valve failed (again)
Replies: 2
Views: 2954

Re: S1-V2 - Safety Valve failed (again)

I may be wrong here, but it seems to me that the safety valve should never pop unless the boiler is being over pressurized. Have you tried lowering the boiler temperature? What's the quality of your water? Scale in the boiler could plug the valve and cause it not to reset when it pops.
by MikeDee
Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:40 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Water leaking out through the grouphead
Replies: 6
Views: 3713

Re: Water leaking out through the grouphead

Is it leaking around the outside of the portafilter basket? My triple basket bottomless portafilter was doing that. I just had to tighten it a little more. Make sure the shower screen and area around it are clean, and the lip of the basket and portafilter has no coffee grounds on it.
by MikeDee
Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:53 am
Forum: VII General Q&A
Topic: Hot water tap
Replies: 1
Views: 4476

Hot water tap

Getting a lot of spitting and sputtering when I use the hot water tap; probably a lot of steam mixed in with the hot water. Is this normal?
by MikeDee
Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:01 am
Forum: General Q&A
Topic: Water hardness test strips
Replies: 1
Views: 2673

Water hardness test strips

Can anyone recommend some water hardness test strips in the proper range? The ones that came with my machine from Chris' Coffee are too hard to read (colors are too close to one another for me to distinguish). Amazon carries a number of them.
by MikeDee
Wed Jul 01, 2020 9:02 pm
Forum: Mini General Q&A
Topic: setting two-cup timer for 28 seconds
Replies: 6
Views: 7759

Re: setting two-cup timer for 28 seconds

Never mind, got it figured out. After turning on the machine, I had to hold down the ON/OFF button for 3 secs to get into programming mode.
by MikeDee
Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: Mini General Q&A
Topic: setting two-cup timer for 28 seconds
Replies: 6
Views: 7759

Re: setting two-cup timer for 28 seconds

Sounds like you need to read this manual: V2 Mini Owners Manual FYI, there is no way to disable the volumetric dosing. If you want to manually control dosing, program a button for more water than you'll ever need, then press the button while running to turn off the flow. Calling it a timer is incor...
by MikeDee
Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:47 pm
Forum: Mini General Q&A
Topic: setting two-cup timer for 28 seconds
Replies: 6
Views: 7759

Re: setting two-cup timer for 28 seconds

Newbie here. How can I reset the double shot timer? How can I manually start and stop the flow? I'm using a gram scale and want 34g of coffee in a cup. The timer currently stops the flow short where I want.

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