Hi All,
Ive had a Silvia for about a month now. Hooray!
Im quite happy with it, and dont really know why people say its so finicky. Obviously you have to have a good grinder and adjust it properly... (good ol Gino Rossi does well enough).
Anyways, as people readily point out, theres a bit of a temp swing, and Ive watched the youtube videos and read the sites describing Temp Surfing and ultimate solution of fitting a PIDkit.
So far, Im pretty happy with temp surfing - its not too painful and seems reasonably consistent. However I noticed on one site that a guy had a digital thermometer fitted permanently to his Silvia before he installed a PID kit. The read out seemed to neatly fit into the spot where the Rancilio badge fits on the front of the machine.
This would seem to be a great middle ground between blind temp surfing and the more expensive PID option...
Just wondering if anyone has any info on where I might buy an appropriate digital thermometer, and how I would go about installing it. Ive taken the top off the silvia (took 3 seconds), but I really have no idea where and how exactly I would attach the thermometer sensor. I live in the inner west of Sydey if anyone can recommend an actual shop that would sell the appropriate stuff.
Cheers!
Matt
Ive had a Silvia for about a month now. Hooray!
Im quite happy with it, and dont really know why people say its so finicky. Obviously you have to have a good grinder and adjust it properly... (good ol Gino Rossi does well enough).
Anyways, as people readily point out, theres a bit of a temp swing, and Ive watched the youtube videos and read the sites describing Temp Surfing and ultimate solution of fitting a PIDkit.
So far, Im pretty happy with temp surfing - its not too painful and seems reasonably consistent. However I noticed on one site that a guy had a digital thermometer fitted permanently to his Silvia before he installed a PID kit. The read out seemed to neatly fit into the spot where the Rancilio badge fits on the front of the machine.
This would seem to be a great middle ground between blind temp surfing and the more expensive PID option...
Just wondering if anyone has any info on where I might buy an appropriate digital thermometer, and how I would go about installing it. Ive taken the top off the silvia (took 3 seconds), but I really have no idea where and how exactly I would attach the thermometer sensor. I live in the inner west of Sydey if anyone can recommend an actual shop that would sell the appropriate stuff.
Cheers!
Matt

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