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  • Silvia - Water Debit

    Hi all....

    The water debit from my Silvia is near 100ml in 10 seconds which I believe is about right. The thing that bothers/worries me is that the stream of water coming from the group is either a single or double stream as apposed to a shower effect (number of streams) that I have seen on other Silvias.

    The shower screen and components are fitted properly (they can only go one way really) so Im at a bit of a loss.

    Is this normal?

    Thanks




  • #2
    Re: Silvia - Water Debit

    has the shower screen been removed and cleaned, I noticed a slight difference after scrubbing all the componentry that comes out of silvia when I removed the screen, I did it ona weekly basis, youd be amazed at the amount o fbuild up in there.

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    • #3
      Re: Silvia - Water Debit

      Thanks Sullo,

      I removed it last night while I was trying to figure out what might be going on. It is clean and as I said assembled right. I have only had the machine for a month and I remember when I first pumped water through the group that it was fairly lame as apposed to the demonstration model at the shop where I bought it. The water debit was spot on so I didnt think much of it.

      Im thinking that if the water does not disperse throughout the shower screen evenly the extraction is not going to be perfect.

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      • #4
        Re: Silvia - Water Debit

        FWIW...........I get about 4-5 streams

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        • #5
          Re: Silvia - Water Debit

          yep thats about what I get as well.
          Is that with the machine at correct temps mac?

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          • #6
            Re: Silvia - Water Debit

            Stop worrying and get on with enjoying your machine. There is nothing wrong with it.

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            • #7
              Re: Silvia - Water Debit

              Originally posted by Curmudgeon link=1188996812/0#5 date=1189074400
              Stop worrying and get on with enjoying your machine. There is nothing wrong with it.
              ;D

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              • #8
                Re: Silvia - Water Debit

                :-? Probably right. But not necessarily, and I think its fair enough to be cautious if there are obvious differences between yours and everyone elses.

                SM, dont really have any particular suggestions; my flow was just under 10ml/s and I get about five streams. Take the water distributor and showerscreen off and turn on the brew switch. Stand out the way and make sure the cats not in front of the machine as you should get a spurt of water that roughly clears the front of the drip tray. Then see if you can get the water distributor back on without the showerscreen (not sure if the screw will go that far in to hold it without the s/screen but give it a go) and see what it looks like. It should be spreading evenly around the distributor. If youre still not happy then contact the place you bought it from and see if they can try a different showerscreen or something. Its possible yours may be coarser than normal or something and is allowing the water to run out immediately rather than spreading first. I doubt its going to significantly affect the results (FWIW the Quaha / Imat machine I had before the Silvia didnt even have one of these until I made my own and I cant say I noticed any enormous difference in results), but I dont blame you for asking the question.

                Greg

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                • #9
                  Re: Silvia - Water Debit

                  Thanks Greg, appreciate it. Everything seems to be working ok.

                  Regards

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