spare parts you should have another flexible hose of 50 cm in order to connect both water softener filter and
valve).
15. Filling up the boiler
15.1. Machines with electronic control panel:
In this kind of machines the filling is automatic; the machine will fill the
boiler by itself
15.2. Machines without electronic control panel:
In machines without electronic control panel (they have a visual water
level), the boiler of the machine has to be filled manually by pressing the
water knob located at the front of the machine under the driptray. The water level must be maintained between
the maximum and minimum marks.
15.3. Manometer
In machines that have no display, shows the
pressure inside of the boiler.
There is a direct relation between the
pressure in the boiler, and the temperature in
it. (see diagram).
16. First Start up
•
Open the external supply of water to the machine.
•
If the machine has visual level indicator, fill the boiler between the maximum and minimum level.
•
Turn on the main power switch.
•
Press the brew switch, or one selection on the control panel on each group, until water comes out
continuously from each of them. This way the heat exchangers of the machine will be correctly filled.
•
Turn on the steam knob, until steam comes out. This way we will evacuate the remaining air that could
be trapped in the boiler.
"The red pilot, shows us the machine is heating-up. Once it turns OFF, it means the machine has reached the
ideal temperature".
16.1. The portafilter set
1.- Tension spring (Filter basket)
2.- Placemnent of tension spring.
3.- Placing portafilter tension spring.
Porta-filter & filter basket
for 2 espresso dosis
The porta-filter has two little wings at each side; these ones must be aligned with the
screw slots in the group. Then turn the porta counter-clock wise till the porta-filter handle
is perpendicular to the espresso machine.
T(ºC)
16.2. Portafilter locking into the group
Relation Pressure-Temperature
125
120
115
110
0,7
0,8
P (Bar)
Porta-filter & filter basket for 1
espresso dosis
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• Filling up the boiler
Visual
Water level
Water knob
0,9
1
1,1
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1,2