Gday All,
I have a Gaggia Classic thats about 2.5 years old, pulling an average of 4 shots per day (only one coffee drinker in the house). Ive been pretty happy with it, but reading the posts here I find that the little maintenance that Ive been doing on it - regular flushing with citric acid - is a bad thing and has probably caused a fatal problem. You see for a week or so, there was a dripping, hissing sound inside - something was dripping water onto something hot. Then it tripped the houses safety switch - never a good thing.
Lifting the lid off and getting it hot, I saw water bubbling and dripping away at the top of the U shaped element on the right and spitting towards the switches. Isolating that element, Ive not seen any more water, but when I put that element back into the circuit, the house tripped again. (I am being appropriately careful with mains power) Obviously I have a short.
So my question is, it is likely or possible that a hole has corroded in the boiler and is allowing water through to the element? This is what it looks like to me. If this is the case, it will require major surgery - is it more cost-effective to replace the machine? Could it simply have parts (bioler) replaced by a professional or a mechanically apt amateur?
Or is there some simpler problem relating to seals and such that would be easier to rectify? Time is not a factor here, but money is.
TIA,
Cos
I have a Gaggia Classic thats about 2.5 years old, pulling an average of 4 shots per day (only one coffee drinker in the house). Ive been pretty happy with it, but reading the posts here I find that the little maintenance that Ive been doing on it - regular flushing with citric acid - is a bad thing and has probably caused a fatal problem. You see for a week or so, there was a dripping, hissing sound inside - something was dripping water onto something hot. Then it tripped the houses safety switch - never a good thing.
Lifting the lid off and getting it hot, I saw water bubbling and dripping away at the top of the U shaped element on the right and spitting towards the switches. Isolating that element, Ive not seen any more water, but when I put that element back into the circuit, the house tripped again. (I am being appropriately careful with mains power) Obviously I have a short.
So my question is, it is likely or possible that a hole has corroded in the boiler and is allowing water through to the element? This is what it looks like to me. If this is the case, it will require major surgery - is it more cost-effective to replace the machine? Could it simply have parts (bioler) replaced by a professional or a mechanically apt amateur?
Or is there some simpler problem relating to seals and such that would be easier to rectify? Time is not a factor here, but money is.
TIA,
Cos

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