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  • Vinitasse
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    Originally posted by Booshka View Post
    Hi Chokkidog!!! You are a legend thank you so much!!!
    Mr Google is a legend too

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  • Booshka
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    Hi Chokkidog!!! You are a legend thank you so much!!!

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  • chokkidog
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    Originally posted by Booshka View Post
    Hi I have purchased a SanMarino 3 group with no manual and i cant seem to find thru google.
    Welcome to CS Booshka,

    Google? Too easy!!

    Top of the first page............... http://coffeesnobs.com.au/documentat...rs-manual.html

    Shakes head and mutters under his breath..... why am I so curious?
    Last edited by Javaphile; 30 January 2015, 10:37 AM. Reason: Changed link to local

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  • MorganGT
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    Originally posted by Sparky View Post
    These San Marinos tend to run very hot and have a lightning rebound. That means that you need to flush a lot of water to get to an acceptable brewing temp and it doesnt stay there for long. More often than not Ive had burnt coffee from one of these machines, so Im no fan. Theyre also endemic to these parts, so its not a one-off experience. Theres actually a thread on these machines over at the australasian forum of CG based around how hard itis to get good coffee from one. Ive actually spent some time on one and thermologged it, hence the statements about rebound and large flushes.

    That said, they are very common machines and parts and servicing should be no problem. Im sure if they are set up correctly they may be tamed somewhat, but Im not sure how well.

    I personally would steer away and look for a 2nd hand Faema, which are very nice machines that are relatively common and dont run hot. Of course there are others as well.
    San Marina Lisas are reasonably easy to tweak - although the HX design makes fitting restrictors impossible, if you turn down the boiler pressure on an unmodified one to 0.9-1.0 bar you get group temperatures around 89-90 degrees, and 1.0 bar is plenty for steaming milk.
    VERY easy to get parts for and to service/repair, if a tech can't service/repair one of those with their eyes closed they need to throw away their tools. I normally allow 1 hour for an onsite service of most makes/models of machines, but I've done 4 Lisas on one site in 1 3/4 hrs.

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  • Barry O'Speedwagon
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    Are you looking at the page from within a 'thread', or from withing the main page of a 'sub-forum'? You won't see the button at the top of the current page, for example.

    PS: the post limit I referred to earlier applies only to 'Sales' threads.

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  • Booshka
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    Hi I have no green button Apparently have to post more to get that opportunity :0

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  • Booshka
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    Ok Sorry, learning the rules!! Thanks for that, i will try to be more patient! So keen for info

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  • Javaphile
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    Originally posted by Booshka View Post
    Sorry to gatecrash this thread but im new to this and damned if i can work out how to start a new thread
    There's a big green button at the top of every sub-forum that says + Post New Thread.


    Java "No minimum needed" phile

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  • Barry O'Speedwagon
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    Welcome Booshka,

    Not super form posting the same message across multiple threads. You'll probably find that you can't start a new thread until you've been here for more than 2 minutes i.e. 5 posts or so) When you get there, there are threads in each of the brewing equipment sub-forums devoted to documentation.

    Cheers

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  • Booshka
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    Hi I have purchased a SanMarino 3 group with no manual and i cant seem to find thru google. Can anybody help me? Sorry to gatecrash this thread but im new to this and damned if i can work out how to start a new thread Doesnt give me much hope for a coffee machine with no manual does it!!!

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  • nunu
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    Re: San Marino

    Originally posted by robusto link=1176265343/0#12 date=1176331901
    Is that a BYO portafilter with pressue gauge, Nunu? ;D

    -Robusto
    Cmon, Im not that cheeky. I would be keen to find out what the brew pressure is however.

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  • Fresh_Coffee
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    Re: San Marino

    Hi Guys,

    just to clarify, in terms of the direction of this discussion with respect to overheating etc. In that kind of technical sense, there really is no comparison between the full commercial SMs and Nunus well behaved semi-commercial compact model.

    You can tell how a machine is running (in terms of how hot it is) by watching and listening to the water as it exits from the group...(dont need thermometers or thermocouples)...and becoming familiar with its behaviour over a range of conditions.

    Notwithstanding, people with experience in the service industry can just rattle off the models they know that generally display these "odd" characteristics without necessarily having to check an individual machine.  

    Hope this helps.

    Regardz,
    FC.

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  • robusto
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    Re: San Marino

    Originally posted by nunu link=1176265343/0#9 date=1176297808
    My SM doesnt run hot anymore.  Ive got it down to a pretty constant 94C.  If left on for a long time, I only have to flush 100-150ml.  My main problem now is brew pressure.  I have no way of measuring it, so it doesnt get tuned.

    However, it does produce a very nice shot, and the steaming power is immense.  Quite a simple machine too, being semi-auto.  No volumetric dosing electronics to worry about.

    Anyone want to come by my place and give mine a tweak?
    Is that a BYO portafilter with pressue gauge, Nunu? ;D

    -Robusto

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  • SupremeRoasters
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    Re: San Marino

    New the automatic version is I believe about 4800+, manual around 3800. I have a auto but use it as a manual.

    Oh well off to work, and to play with the stainless steel fire breathing dragon

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  • jimmyb
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    Re: San Marino

    how do you know how hot its running anyway?

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