My impression was the clean was lifting stuff further back in the machine than the wand. I'm going to give it a few more goes with the cleaner and see how it improves. This morning it took maybe 5 seconds before steam came through, and I let it run a bit and got no strange hiccups, but yesterday it too maybe 2 or 3 seconds to produce.
I always give the wand a shot of steam after I clean the outside to make sure nothing is stuck up in there - I doubt anyone actually takes the jug from the steam while it is running or they would be doing major cleanups every time they use it, so there is definitely opportunity for milk to enter the steam head. And as above, it is a hot metal part at that point so it's part of my routine to give the knob a twist after I'm done.
When it was blocking, the pump starts straight off but it is very quiet - any noise around and you wouldn't notice it. It was doing that for maybe 20 seconds before I cleaned it, then it got louder and after maybe 4 pumps I'd get water dribble and shortly after, steam.
I'm not too worried about scale build up (or wasn't until MrJack mentioned re-mineralising
) as there will never be tap water through the system, but I figure maybe I'm getting the older stuff causing issues. I'll have to see if I can find out what the mineraliser adds back into the RO water.
I always give the wand a shot of steam after I clean the outside to make sure nothing is stuck up in there - I doubt anyone actually takes the jug from the steam while it is running or they would be doing major cleanups every time they use it, so there is definitely opportunity for milk to enter the steam head. And as above, it is a hot metal part at that point so it's part of my routine to give the knob a twist after I'm done.
When it was blocking, the pump starts straight off but it is very quiet - any noise around and you wouldn't notice it. It was doing that for maybe 20 seconds before I cleaned it, then it got louder and after maybe 4 pumps I'd get water dribble and shortly after, steam.
I'm not too worried about scale build up (or wasn't until MrJack mentioned re-mineralising
) as there will never be tap water through the system, but I figure maybe I'm getting the older stuff causing issues. I'll have to see if I can find out what the mineraliser adds back into the RO water.

Comment