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I got sick of having to continually re-fill our coffee machine with water, as it always seemed to happen half way through brewing one.
So i did some searching, trying to find whether anyone else had worked out how to convert their machines to plumbed in, instead of using a water tank.
Then I stumbled across fridgefilters.com.au and found I could install a float value (just like a toilet cistern) in the existing tank and plumb it in that way, thus leaving the machine pretty much unchanged and easily restorable to normal operation.
I decided the best way was to put a hole in wall of the the water tank and through the back door.
This means I have to disconnect the plumbing to open the door, but since this is a rare event, not really an issue.
But for this, and as a precaution, I added an isolation tap to the plumbing to make it easier to turn off the water when necessary.
I'd already had my fridge plumbed for ice and water, through a pressure reducer and filter, so it was easy to add a T piece and then run the new line to my coffee machine.
Using the John Guest "push to fit" fitting made it so quick and easy to do, and all up I had it operational in under 3 hours.
The tank now runs at ~1/2 full all the time, and the re-filling is so slow that you never hear it, or even realize it is maintaining the level.
Now I only have to remember to empty the drip tray (the wife never notices)
All up $90 spent for the convenience.
https://plus.google.com/photos/10078...05045809296561
It was fun
Steve
So i did some searching, trying to find whether anyone else had worked out how to convert their machines to plumbed in, instead of using a water tank.
Then I stumbled across fridgefilters.com.au and found I could install a float value (just like a toilet cistern) in the existing tank and plumb it in that way, thus leaving the machine pretty much unchanged and easily restorable to normal operation.
I decided the best way was to put a hole in wall of the the water tank and through the back door.
This means I have to disconnect the plumbing to open the door, but since this is a rare event, not really an issue.
But for this, and as a precaution, I added an isolation tap to the plumbing to make it easier to turn off the water when necessary.
I'd already had my fridge plumbed for ice and water, through a pressure reducer and filter, so it was easy to add a T piece and then run the new line to my coffee machine.
Using the John Guest "push to fit" fitting made it so quick and easy to do, and all up I had it operational in under 3 hours.
The tank now runs at ~1/2 full all the time, and the re-filling is so slow that you never hear it, or even realize it is maintaining the level.
Now I only have to remember to empty the drip tray (the wife never notices)
All up $90 spent for the convenience.
https://plus.google.com/photos/10078...05045809296561
It was fun
Steve
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