![]() The descaling just stretches out this date a bit and hopefully reduces the amount of scale to remove by hand once I open her up. Luckily, it opens up in the back, so I plan on opening it after 2 or 3 years use just to check. The brew boiler is MUCH more expensive than the $169 steam boiler on the Mini so I really want to keep it in good condition. ![]() The descaling eliminated the bacon sound from the brew boiler completely, and now I can't even tell when the heater is on. So I suspect it had more scale (but I can't see inside to verify). I leave this boiler on 10 times more than my steam boiler (sometimes all day). ![]() This is the sound I got from my brew boiler. I think it's simply a boiling noise from the high powered heating element and fan and not the sound you get when scale builds up (which sounds like bacon frying when the heater is on). The steam boiler always made noise since day one. But this is probably because I only turn on my steam boiler for about 20 minutes each day and I use RO water. In any case, it looked amazingly clean after 1.5 years use. It seems to me this is where the scale settles first ( I think it's the same case on the bottom of the cylinder in the brew boiler?) This might be a good reason for the drain plug (or a removable top on the boiler like the S1, since the syphon won't suck this up). When I drained the boiler I saw what looked like dust on the bottom of the boiler (the vinyl syphon tube left a little mark in the dust). When I looked in the steam boiler, the heating coils looked clean, so I didn't see much difference afterward. I think this is less risky to seals and plated components like the reservoir inlet.although less effective at removing serious scale build-up. Still, I figure this mehtod will buy me a few extra years before I need to open her up or buy a new sealed Mini steam boiler.ĮDIT: I changed the procedure so the descale solution is in the machone for 30 minutes rather than overnight. It probably doesn't remove everything, and you'll likely still need to open up the boiler if you use very hard water or let the machine go for a while without descaling. My brew boiler is now totally silent when heating up! (Must mean something got cleaned). (It tastes horrible so you'll know when it's all gone.probably not too healthy either, so spit it out quick). After about 10 shots (no sooner), you can try tasting (and spitting out) the water shots to see if all the solution is gone. This took quite a few shots (over 1 litre or about 15 shots). Pull water shots until all descale solution is gone. Just make sure you get all the plating bits out! It's just cosmetic so don't worry too much. NOTE: The sulpheric acid in the descale solution may remove the plating from the poorly made water inlet. Fill the plastic reservoir back up with fresh water. You will need to add teflon plumbers tape to the threads since this will be an air seal and it will leak air (hiss) if you do not use tape.ġ3. Fill the steam boiler one last time with fresh water (800ml), and re-install the vacuum breaker. I rinsed and syphoned twice too make sure I got everything out.ġ2. ![]() Simply repeat steps 4 and 5, but use FRESH water to rinse out the steam boiler. Next, you need to flush out all descaling solution. Turn off and unplug the machine and let it sit 30 minutes with the descaling solution.ġ1. Draw descaling solution through all water exits by steaming, using hot water and doing a water backflush.ġ0. What I came up with is a very simple and fast method that uses simple items found in the kichen at no extra cost (and involves no messy tilting or lifting).ĭrawing Solution into Brew Boiler IMG_1679 (480x320).jpg (54.28 KiB) Viewed 29440 timesĩ. Most seemed overly complicated for the kitchen or invloved tilting the heavy machine (if you do not have the new steam boiler with the draing plug). I also talked to the manufacturer and retailers who have there own methods. My Mini started making these noises (mostly from the brew boiler), so I figured it was time. You will hear the brew boiler start creeking and whining as scale accumulates. I can usually can tell when the machine needs to be descaled by the sound. I planned on making it part of my yearly maintenance routine (preventative maintenance), so I wanted to work out a simple method I could easily repeat when necessary. I use RO water so I didn't expect there was much need, but I thought it coudn't hurt. After a little more than a year of use, it was time to try and descale my Mini Vivaldi. ![]()
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