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Hi all,
I have a ECM Giotto approx 12 years old which I've owned for approx 6 months. Overall machine serving me very well, but recently noticing the steam pressure is not what it used to be. When I first got it as reconditioned machine from site sponsor, it was the "steaming monster" some describe them as, would steam a 600ml jug hardly dropping below 0.9 bar.
But now it often drops down to 0.5/0.6bar by end of a 600ml jug, and sometimes even refills the boiler halfway through (which of course kills your pressure even more with the inrush of cold water ).
So far I've checked:
Steam leaks from boiler: none that I can observe from any of the fittings on/around the boiler.
Pressurestat: operating fine, on at ~1.1 bar, off at 1.2-3 bar.
Water level probe : Checked for calc, all clean (checked in case boiler filling with too much water but doesn't seem to be )
I'm out of ideas as to why the performance has dropped, if anyone has suggestions as to what else I could check it would be much appreciated!
I have a ECM Giotto approx 12 years old which I've owned for approx 6 months. Overall machine serving me very well, but recently noticing the steam pressure is not what it used to be. When I first got it as reconditioned machine from site sponsor, it was the "steaming monster" some describe them as, would steam a 600ml jug hardly dropping below 0.9 bar.
But now it often drops down to 0.5/0.6bar by end of a 600ml jug, and sometimes even refills the boiler halfway through (which of course kills your pressure even more with the inrush of cold water ).
So far I've checked:
Steam leaks from boiler: none that I can observe from any of the fittings on/around the boiler.
Pressurestat: operating fine, on at ~1.1 bar, off at 1.2-3 bar.
Water level probe : Checked for calc, all clean (checked in case boiler filling with too much water but doesn't seem to be )
I'm out of ideas as to why the performance has dropped, if anyone has suggestions as to what else I could check it would be much appreciated!
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