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I have a 6yo Rancilio Silva which was fine until this AM when it would not heat the water. The lights and the pump seem to be fine. What should I do before I pack it up and ship it for repair? Thanks
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After you steam, turn of the steaming switch and hit the water switch and let it go until a steady stream of water comes out then switch it off, this refills the boiler
Try to descale it or backflush it, with Jo Glo or Full Circle.
Remove the 4 screws on the top panel. Make sure machine is not connected to power. Check the thermostats on the boiler, there should be 3 of them, push in on the small red pin in the middle of them one of them should click in. Now fill up your tank plug machine in and turn on.
Machine is not heating, the lights should flash until it heats up to 1.2 bar on the top gauge. If not check the water level in the machine and check the red reset switch to see if the thermostat tripped.
Hi Do an ohms check on the element. With an ohms meter check the reading between the elements. The reading should be between 12 and 16 ohms for a 110v machine and 50 to 60 for a 220v machine. If you have no reading or a higher reading you have a bad element. Replace the boiler
Hmmm. It doesn't sound like a boiler problem. The heating element is controlled by a pressure or temperature switch. Either the switch is poorly connected or malfunctioning. Temp. switches are directly on the boiler with wires that go to a relay connected to the heating element. Pressure switches just have a tube connected to the boiler with wires to the relay.
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