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  • #31
    hi rayuki,
    in my case the noise exist only if you use pressure control in the settings without installing pressure control cable (step 8, the white wire to the valve).
    after installing pressure control the noise should go away...

    cheers
    zottel

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    • #32
      Oh right, I was sure I installed it haha i guess not then! That would explain it lol. Guess I'll double check on the weekend

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      • #33
        Mine should arrive any day now!
        Let's go Sub $1000 predsure profiling pre-infusion pid machine !

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        • #34
          Originally posted by rayuki View Post
          So I messed around with pressure settings this morning, and while I made probably one of the best shots I've done in a while my God did the machine make a god awful racket the first few seconds! Any of you guys who have changed pressure settings does this happen to you? Worried it was gonna blow up or something! I went off the 70% for 6secs and also preinfuse. Can you screenshot your pressure settings page for me @millsii so i know i didn't have it wrong lol.


          This is what i got with those settings, Sumatra Lake Tawar and my God it was delicious, but not sure my wife can handle the machine making as much noise as it did for this shot all the time lol. After putting settings for pressure back to default the noise went away thank God.
          Hi, sometimes my machine also makes a loud weird noise. When I switch off the brew button and try again immediately after the noise is gone. Now I didn't hear this noise for quite some time. So did your have tried pulling multiple shots with pressure profiling enabled, and is this noise consistent? Furthermore do you have Pre-infusion enabled with option 'close valve' also enabled?

          If so you can first disable pre-infusion, and after that enable it again leaving the 'close valve' option disabled.

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          • #35
            @rayuki See attached screenshots of our pressure and preinfusion settings. I can't say that we have ever heard a weird sound when using the pressure settings. I remember within the first week of having our Silvia (over 4 years ago) we had a loud weird sound, so gave the shop a call. Turned out to be that the pump wasn't primed after we had removed and reinstalled the water tank. Running water with the hot water switch re-primed the pump and all was good.
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            • #36
              Yep exactly what settings i used, im going to just say I think I may just be an idiot and didn't actually hook up the pressure wire part of the install lol. Will double check on the weekend

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              • #37
                Has the meCoffee PID been reliable for everyone here? Is the wiring easily reversible if it fails?

                Id like to install and use its presets but i don't want any pre infusion. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the pump isn't designed to do this.

                So many other things that do more to improve coffee flavour than pre infusion. I'm just after more stable temp.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by PhatBoy View Post
                  Has the meCoffee PID been reliable for everyone here? Is the wiring easily reversible if it fails?

                  Id like to install and use its presets but i don't want any pre infusion. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the pump isn't designed to do this.

                  So many other things that do more to improve coffee flavour than pre infusion. I'm just after more stable temp.
                  Its been reliable for me, the preinfusion doesn't need to be used and I agree i had better shots without it. Everything is reversible and you can take it all out and re wire the originals easily enough. Having stable temps was my main goal also, I use mine for steaming also and its been great for that as default steam temp for the silvia is crazy high.

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                  • #39
                    Reversible

                    Originally posted by rayuki View Post
                    ... Everything is reversible and you can take it all out and re wire the originals easily enough. ...

                    Well, I can attest it is quite easy to reverse as mine did fail after a week of use. I took some pictures of the wiring before I started the installation which were quite helpful. I also numbered the connectors as I went along.

                    I did email for support but have not heard back from them yet. Anyone have an email address other than their "contact" email?

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by jammerg View Post
                      Well, I can attest it is quite easy to reverse as mine did fail after a week of use. I took some pictures of the wiring before I started the installation which were quite helpful. I also numbered the connectors as I went along.

                      I did email for support but have not heard back from them yet. Anyone have an email address other than their "contact" email?
                      Wow that sucks man do you know what failed?

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                      • #41
                        Hi guys,

                        Just for the record. I received my meCoffee a few days ago. Sadly enough, it turned out to be broken; after the first successful startup I could not manage to wake it up again. I'm very disappointed now... Not only because it's not working, but because the company at the moment seems not to care, they don't reply my emails, which is very frustrating. I sincerely hope that this is temporal and they will handle the situation appropriately and send me a working device soon.

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                        • #42
                          Hey gang, mine operated brilliantly for ~3 weeks and shat itself. Have emailed the meCoffee peeps and awaiting a response.

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                          • #43
                            Any news at your side? I've got a reply to my very first email about shipping delay, but no answer to those about the failure of the device.

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                            • #44
                              They emailed me:

                              "Yes, we are currently investigating a group of customers where one of the internal fuses blows, we are not sure why still. Might have to do with the sensor mount but we are not sure about this."

                              I'm having a replacement sent out, should arrive any day now.

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                              • #45
                                I'm very happy for you! Did you send back your original device, or they initiated shipping the replacement right away after the email? I've been waiting so long for the meCoffee, it would be good to have the replacement as soon as possible...

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