I have a Rancilio Silvia which i bought at the start of Feb '11 and its all been going fine until now. Yesterday however it blew up (pic in next post)
Whatever caused the contact to melt and fuse onto the boiler terminal also caused a decent shock through the group head to the portafilter and then me. Thankfully no injuries done.
Machine is now out of warranty, but im trying to figure out whether or not the problem is a once off, or somethign more wide spread. Its not PID'd, and yesterday was the first time i had taken the cover off (been meaning to PID it for about a year now).
The big question is why that contact, and why not any of the others. Was it merely the weak link in the chain, or just the first sign of a systematic problem?
Anyone else seen that before?
Whatever caused the contact to melt and fuse onto the boiler terminal also caused a decent shock through the group head to the portafilter and then me. Thankfully no injuries done.
Machine is now out of warranty, but im trying to figure out whether or not the problem is a once off, or somethign more wide spread. Its not PID'd, and yesterday was the first time i had taken the cover off (been meaning to PID it for about a year now).
The big question is why that contact, and why not any of the others. Was it merely the weak link in the chain, or just the first sign of a systematic problem?
Anyone else seen that before?

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