跳到主要內容

Gaggia espresso machine maintenance

This applies to both baby Gaggia and gaggia classic machines

baby Gaggia VERSIONS:

1970s or original (with an adjustable thermostat) 

baby Gaggia was for home espresso market, and was introduced (1977) earlier than gaggia classic (1991)

baby gaggia old , millenium or baby 1991 :

baby gaggia old restoration ( use internet archive)

 Cerinicoffee

Enco-vending 

baby gaggia new:  11200 (black) 11202(white) 

square buttons and light explosion diagram

OPV can be adjusted from water outlet, located on the ceiling of the water reservoir, using: 3/16 hex key

water boiler water inlets and outlets:

 

karine oliver blog

 

 

RI8155/12, with 4 round buttons and lights

- water reservoir moved to top of backside


R12300 baby class ( stainless steel casing) or RI8157/40 or new baby 06

- disc shaped button panel

Tom Brasier's wiring diagram


BABY 06 TWIN SIN031MDR-RI8159

How to program the baby twin

baby dose and twin is having swivel joint steam wand

Repair guides:

replacing the group seal

using a philips screwdriver and 5mm hex key to disassemble the shower plate and group head




protofusion guide

 Reox repair guide

 

spare parts:

o ring, group seal on ebay

portfilter size:

basket, inner diameter 58.9 mm

portafilter outer dimater 73.5 mm

boiler gasket:

Dimensions:0167 EPDM
Ring thickness 3.53 mm
Internal ø 63.50 mm
External ø 67mm

 

from espressotec

The replacement boiler gasket for the Baby Gaggia home espresso machine, as well as any other Gaggia machine--such as the Classic, Coffee, Espresso (old-model), Evolution, Paros, Tebe and others--that utilize the dual element boiler.

on ebay 

and another ebay

another ebay 

bluestar, baby parts in general, and some upgrade parts, like more powerful 3 way solenoid, shower screen

indicator light repair

backflushing:

Backflushing is the process used to clean out the shower screen, brew group and three-way valve. Backflushing can only be done with machines that have a three-way solenoid valve. The three-way valve is a small valve that opens up and releases the water pressure off of the coffee puck and deposits it into the drip tray when the brewing process is complete. When we backflush we utilize this pressure release to blow cleaner up into the brewing components.

 

If you have one or both of the following symptoms your three-way valve may need cleaning.

-    You notice reduced brewing pressure due to mineral buildup in the three-way valve and are sure it’s not a result of a clogged shower screen (check this first).
 

-    You have a constant dripping through the three-way valve when you are brewing your espresso or while the machine is sitting idle (while hot).
 


Gaggia never warn against backflushing. One of reason maybe the some chemical  backflush , eg may have somestrong acid ingredients. They just do not mention backflushing. If backflushing without any cleaning powder or liquid, ie water backflushing, it should be ok. such cleaning liquid may dissolve the limescale , which may poentially clog the solenoid valve.

They recommend: 

gaggia decalcifier, a lactic acid based liquid. As upper part of boiler is made of anodised aluminium, instead of citric based decalcifier


 

Easy way to tell if your Classic has the valve is the exhaust tube at the back left of the drip tray coming down from the overhang above.

NEVER use vinegar for cleaning, it will damage the rubber tubings and gaskets

urnex cafiza espresso machine cleaner powder should be safe, as is it alkaline based (disodium carbonate), or Puly CAFF Plus Espresso Machine Backflush( sodium percarbonate), but NOT urnex descaler. 

NOT for aluminium portafilter ( eg delonghi)

Sulfamic acid

Gaggia domestic service kit

bullet steam wand

留言

這個網誌中的熱門文章

Scythians 斯泰基 塞種 西古提人

900 BC - 200 AD British museum   Tomb of scythe prince, Buktarma valley, 1200 masl, Google map Herodotus   絲路上的帝國 Biblegeography   哥羅西書 3:11  在此並不分希利尼人、猶太人、受割禮的、未受割禮的、化外人、 西古提人 、為奴的、自主的.惟有基督是包括一切、又住在各人之內。 塞種 塞迦  saka 史記漢書 西域傳: 塞種  ctext 昔匈奴破大月氏,大月氏西君大夏,而塞王南君罽賓。塞種分散,往往為數國。自疏勒以西北,休循、捐毒之屬,皆故 塞種 也。 匈奴列傳 Ctext :塞王 《史記》在《大宛列傳》與《匈奴列傳》中, 詳細 記錄了中亞至天山一帶的塞種(塞王、塞地)狀況。例如,文中記載了月氏西破走塞王,導致塞人南遷越過懸度(今帕米爾高原及克什米爾一帶) Baike Genetic history   Genetics  Nih griffin  ? Scytho-Siberian  world 塞迦 saka  wiki Disappeared? Sarmatians ( 薩爾馬泰 , 奄蔡 史記 ,  Aorsi )and goths YouTube  

calculate pH of phosphoric acid

Question: adding 1/4 teaspoon of 10% phosphoric acid  to 19 litres of water, what will be the pH? Let's go through the calculations step by step. Step 1. Convert mass ( or volume) of 10% phosphoric acid to mole per litre ( mol/L) The above calculation shows that 1/4 tsp of H3PO4 acid is 6.97e-5 mol/L Step 2. Input this value to BATE (or other app) to calculate pH The answer: pH = 4.16, ie too acidic !? If you use pipette instead of teaspoon,  1 drop = 0.05ml. So 1/4 TSP means roughly 25 drops If you actually aim for pH 5.6 (which is optimum pH for mashing), conc will be 2.51 e-6, or 1/100 tsp , 0.044 ml, roughly 1 drop Let's roll back a bit. From  recipes of   BarleyWine , summer rye , hefe Gordon Strong suggested to use 1/4 teaspoon of 10% phosphoric acid, which is targeting pH of 5.5..... Discussion on  homebrewtalk  forum. However using online BF water calc , Sparge pH would be 4.6. but he also added 1 tsp of CaCl2. 2H20. Mash pH change from 5.7 t...

ES8311 and ES8388 codec IC

ES8388 audio codec module is one of the audio codec modules available that is supported by ESP32 and official ESP-ADF releases. The ES8388 module lets you have: Stereo microphone and line input Stereo headphone and line out Up to 96 kHz 24 bpp high quality audio This module is compatible with all MCUs that have I2C and I2S ports (like ESP32, ESP8266, STM32, i.MX6, Raspberry Pi, etc) ES8311 Maxgerhardt github PCBartist twblogs ESP32-A1S  (limited stock)Audio codec AC101 or ES8388 built-in. NB the pinouts and firmware are different! Arduino - ESP31-A1S instructable Phil Schatzmann and his github   Simple A2DP thaaraak github on ESP32-A1S github of Yveaux and  Marcel-licence ESP ADF   example:  Logitech PiCorePlayer squeeze lite squeezebox forum   ESP32-Audio-kit  (from AI thinker) based on ESP32-A1S, is simple and small. But upgrade-ability seems limited  Alex John Talbert mixer equalizer: can this be used as simple equalizer? how about proces...