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Water filters
Just wondering how often the water softening filters should be changed.
I'm making an average of 5 shots a day.
Many thanks,
Sam
I'm making an average of 5 shots a day.
Many thanks,
Sam
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the answer is - it depends!
the only proper way to do it is to buy our water hardness kit, or somebody else's, and test the water coming out of the machine after 4 or 5 weeks - after a few cycles of doing this you will learn how often you need to replace the filter based on your pattern of usage & the hardness of your water
filter life will be drastically impacted by water hardness, and obviously how much water you put through it - don't forget about the amount of water you use on the water tap too!
reiss.
I'll get onto that.
Hope alls well Reiss.
Cheers,
Sam
Sorry if this is an utterly silly comment
If this is a silly question Gino...then I am guilty of far worse :D
I also have a water meter to read the number of gallons that have gone through the system.
Bear in mind that we are meant to be keeping the water at or below the level at which precipitation occurs, so it is a very minor issue
If you want to play lab technicians and pull the water box out and fill it with water and collect a sample whilst you hold the water box in mid air every month, then go for it
If you test the water out of the hot water tap (not the group) every month until you get a feel for the life of the cartridge you are instantly in the top 1% of owners in terms of caring for your espresso machine
If you change the cartridge every time it takes more than 5 drops (85mg/L of temp hardness) of the reagent in our test kit to affect a colour change you will be absolutely fine
Maybe first let it cool down to room temp
The chances of me holding the water box in mid air and coaxing a sample out are lower than me appearing in the winter olympics. It just isn't going to happen.
Hot water tap it is then - and presumably it is sensible to do this by opening the hot water tap on cold start and drawing off a sample when sufficient pressure has built up to push the water through. To my mind this is the 'coolest' way of getting water post filter.
Infact I might do that this eve whilst performing the de-twist on the braided hose. I think this is an essential thing to do, at least initially.
Just on the hardness test. Turn on the water tap from a cold start results in water exiting on the point where the anti-vac seals, which makes sense.
The temperature is still pretty tepid and so perfect to test once cooled.
Got it to 3 drops so all is well in that regard