Hello all,
Yep first post, have been reading for a while now, and as I couldnt find anything related to my problem, I thought I would put it out to you all to see what you think.
My boss bought a Silvia for our work for some real coffee. It worked for about 13 months before the boiler died. Now we didnt know about what you should do after steaming, so we were found out the hard way about that. Paid for a new boiler. With the new instructions of refilling the boiler after steaming, we thought we should be fine. This boiler lasted 2 weeks (one week of that it wasnt used). Again the boiler was replaced. This one lasted 2-3 months. As far as I know we all followed the refilling of the boiler (compared to the first time). Each time the steam was forced out, by either turning on the hot water switch till the heating light came back on, or by pumping water out of the head till the light comes on and water is coming out of the head.
So now the boss is not willing to do any more for the Silvia.
The rest of us has now bought a Boema (this is a tank).
The Silvia is on the shelf, about to go to the trash when I put my hand up.
I know I can buy a boiler and replace the broken one, but will this only last a short time?
Beside the boiler running dry, what else could kill the boiler? Thermal cut out switch faulty? over heating?
Did noticed that with the last boiler the steam came out with a lot more force than the first boiler ever did.
I am happy to fix the silvia if I know its going to last longer than a few months, but Im guessing as it now a home machine instead of a 5-10 cups a day machine I might get longer out of it.
Any input would be great
Thx from one hope to be happy Silvia owner.
Yep first post, have been reading for a while now, and as I couldnt find anything related to my problem, I thought I would put it out to you all to see what you think.
My boss bought a Silvia for our work for some real coffee. It worked for about 13 months before the boiler died. Now we didnt know about what you should do after steaming, so we were found out the hard way about that. Paid for a new boiler. With the new instructions of refilling the boiler after steaming, we thought we should be fine. This boiler lasted 2 weeks (one week of that it wasnt used). Again the boiler was replaced. This one lasted 2-3 months. As far as I know we all followed the refilling of the boiler (compared to the first time). Each time the steam was forced out, by either turning on the hot water switch till the heating light came back on, or by pumping water out of the head till the light comes on and water is coming out of the head.
So now the boss is not willing to do any more for the Silvia.
The rest of us has now bought a Boema (this is a tank).
The Silvia is on the shelf, about to go to the trash when I put my hand up.
I know I can buy a boiler and replace the broken one, but will this only last a short time?
Beside the boiler running dry, what else could kill the boiler? Thermal cut out switch faulty? over heating?
Did noticed that with the last boiler the steam came out with a lot more force than the first boiler ever did.
I am happy to fix the silvia if I know its going to last longer than a few months, but Im guessing as it now a home machine instead of a 5-10 cups a day machine I might get longer out of it.
Any input would be great
Thx from one hope to be happy Silvia owner.

, almost bullet proof!....almost. I agree, I think someone would have run it dry, the other way to kill it is to turn it on without giving the steam dial a tighten, water leaks out of the steam arm as they do due to the warming components, and simply drains the machine dry = 1 dead element, Id take it to a sponsor, get em to check it out, fix what is broken, and you will have one capable machine at home to impress ya friends with! 
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