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  • Breville BES920 auto shut off

    My parents just picked up bes920 after their 900 died. It was a good machine for what they wanted so they went for it again.

    Except the 920 now shuts off after 20 minutes. I can't believe that's a thing, especially when machines take 20-30 minutes to completely warm up.

    I can't find much about it when I search for it. Surely people aren't just accepting it as being a thing that happens.

  • #2
    With a 15 second flush to warm your cups the machine is ready to go within 10 minutes. If you want the machine to heat up for longer give the steam valve a quick flick every few minutes.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by dan110024 View Post
      Surely people aren't just accepting it as being a thing that happens.
      Given the sheer number of machines they've sold I'd say people are just accepting it. It's still warning while off, of you pull the PF our after it first turns off it's going to be cooler than if you leave it in the machine turned off for another 10 minutes.

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      • #4
        It does irritate me, but I have to admit it's quite astounding how quickly this machine can go from stone cold to making drinks, as long as you flush enough hot water to heat the portafilter and your cups. Quite a change coming from an E61 HX machine.

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        • #5
          Ok, so the quick heat up time that it has and flushing water through the group aside, what's also irritating is the auto start feature being made pretty much redundant with it turning off soon after it turns on. I have my silvia turn on at 4am because sometimes I'm up at 4:30, but sometimes later. Would you not want it to be on no matter what time you're getting up? Idk. I just don't see why they'd do this to a perfectly fine machine before it.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Erimus View Post
            With a 15 second flush to warm your cups the machine is ready to go within 10 minutes. If you want the machine to heat up for longer give the steam valve a quick flick every few minutes.
            I'll be sure to tell a couple of retirees to get up sooner to flick the steam valve to keep the machine on so it doesn't turn off by the time they get up...oh wait.. ��

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            • #7
              One of the reasons the 920 is so cheap for the features you get is that it's components aren't rated to withstand the heat of the machine being switched on 24/7. They're insulated but eventually the heat will propagate throughout the machine. The plastic components and control board etc won't handle that. I did hear early on about someone who put one in their small cafe and just kept turning it back on all day, it lasted about a month until it died and was not worth repairing when they hard a tech look at it after Breville refused the warranty.

              We don't work for Breville dan. If you don't like it take it up with them or but a machine that is designed to do what you want it to do.

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              • #8
                Yep, I work from home and it was something I found annoying on the machine as I had gotten use to making my morning coffee on the Silvia and then just getting up and making another when I felt like it... with the BES920 I had to plan ahead and sometimes would flick the machine back on but then get sidetracked with phone calls for an hour and come back to a cold machine.

                I rang Breville and there's no work around. They just told me to flush water through the group head to get everything warm again and it did heat up fairly quickly.

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                • #9
                  I found auto shut off a bit annoying. But no the major drama.

                  But a friend of mine was annoyed much more and he came up with an idea... Not sure if it makes sense... But...

                  His idea is to make a small gadget with light sensor to detect the state of the machine and little servo motor to press the power button. It can be attached with strong magnets.
                  This gadget will be connected to the WiFi network. With this gadget he will be able to integrate machine into home automation system so it will be possible to program multiple power-on / power-off timer, remote control and etc.

                  Yes, you can do the same by soldering to power button wires internally. But external gadget won't void the warranty.

                  Does it sound crazy?

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