As an engineer type - I have an irresistable urge to tinker with things (to the annoyance of my family at times). I have a PID enabled Silvia (which is wonderful) and recently "tuned" it up.
Ive re-set the pressure. Improvement.
Ive fiddled with the PID temperature setting to get 94C brew temperatures. Improvement.
So I have a 21bar (actually 21 **/cm2 - but close enough) gauge with 3/8 BSP adaptor and a portafilter with a K-type thermocouple in it. Since Im not in the business of tuning peoples espresso machines, I figured Id put them both in a box and leave them with Mark Barun (The Coffee Barun) for fellow SA snobs to borrow on an honour basis. Mark is happy to do this - but is there any interest?
Thisd be in January 2008 - Im going to be a bit busy for a while now. All youd need is a multimeter that takes a temperature probe (all the affordable ones take K-type Tcouples). For the totally deprived SA snobs, I might even be able to loan a multimeter, but would prefer not to.
Id also be happy to print out some instructions of a sort (although it is pretty obvious how-to).
If there is no-one in SA who wants/needs this, Ill just put them in a box in the shed.
Any suggestions?
/Kevin
Ive re-set the pressure. Improvement.
Ive fiddled with the PID temperature setting to get 94C brew temperatures. Improvement.
So I have a 21bar (actually 21 **/cm2 - but close enough) gauge with 3/8 BSP adaptor and a portafilter with a K-type thermocouple in it. Since Im not in the business of tuning peoples espresso machines, I figured Id put them both in a box and leave them with Mark Barun (The Coffee Barun) for fellow SA snobs to borrow on an honour basis. Mark is happy to do this - but is there any interest?
Thisd be in January 2008 - Im going to be a bit busy for a while now. All youd need is a multimeter that takes a temperature probe (all the affordable ones take K-type Tcouples). For the totally deprived SA snobs, I might even be able to loan a multimeter, but would prefer not to.
Id also be happy to print out some instructions of a sort (although it is pretty obvious how-to).
If there is no-one in SA who wants/needs this, Ill just put them in a box in the shed.
Any suggestions?
/Kevin

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