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Date: 01 Aug 2006 09:07:24
From: Neil McNaughton
Subject: Hearthware Precision out of puff?
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My Hearthware precision just doesn't seem to be able to waft the beans
around like it used to. I have opened it up, cleaned out all the accumulated
crap and tried to clean the inside of the roasting chamber with less
success. Do these machines give up he ghost gently - losing puff over time?
Anything to be done - apart from buy a new roaster?
Neil
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Date: 01 Aug 2006 07:37:21
From: I->Ian
Subject: Re: Hearthware Precision out of puff?
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:07:24 +0200, "Neil McNaughton" <info@oilit.com >
wrote:
>My Hearthware precision just doesn't seem to be able to waft the beans
>around like it used to. I have opened it up, cleaned out all the accumulated
>crap and tried to clean the inside of the roasting chamber with less
>success. Do these machines give up he ghost gently - losing puff over time?
>Anything to be done - apart from buy a new roaster?
>
>Neil
>
The copper in the commutator is too soft and wears away fairly
quickly. The motor slows down, ruining the 'profile' to boot.
I totted up my roasts and figured about 75 hours.Consider anything
more that two years of biweekly use a gift.
You can clean the bearings and commutator with a NON RESIDUE contact
cleaner. DON'T DO IT WITH THE UNIT PLUGGED IN OR YOU COULD HAVE A
PLASTIC PUDDLE. It helps a bit for a very short while.
If you think the HWP is loud, don't buy an iRoar...
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Date: 01 Aug 2006 15:15:39
From: Craig Andrews
Subject: Re: Hearthware Precision out of puff?
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"I- >Ian" <someone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:ol0uc2hcjg2r93nrhutbcimu65cr7lcvit@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:07:24 +0200, "Neil McNaughton" <info@oilit.com>
> wrote:
>
>>My Hearthware precision just doesn't seem to be able to waft the beans
>>around like it used to. I have opened it up, cleaned out all the
>>accumulated
>>crap and tried to clean the inside of the roasting chamber with less
>>success. Do these machines give up he ghost gently - losing puff over
>>time?
>>Anything to be done - apart from buy a new roaster?
>>
>>Neil
>>
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> The copper in the commutator is too soft and wears away fairly
> quickly. The motor slows down, ruining the 'profile' to boot.
>
> I totted up my roasts and figured about 75 hours.Consider anything
> more that two years of biweekly use a gift.
>
> You can clean the bearings and commutator with a NON RESIDUE contact
> cleaner. DON'T DO IT WITH THE UNIT PLUGGED IN OR YOU COULD HAVE A
> PLASTIC PUDDLE. It helps a bit for a very short while.
>
> If you think the HWP is loud, don't buy an iRoar...
>
>
I started out with a HWP Mar 1/01 & have 614 roasts on it to date ( 5
years 5 months!!! {:-O) & it's always worked like a champ since day
one!! Ian's bearing & commutator cleaning advice is good advice. Do it!
I used to do it every 10 - 15 roasts or so, but have gotten lazy &
that's streached out to I think 3 months., maybe 25 - 30 roasts.
The stated capacity is 85 grams, but I've always roasted 100 grams since
day one.
Cheers,
Craig.
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Date: 01 Aug 2006 21:23:56
From: Mike Garner
Subject: Re: Carezza opinions? - followup
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In article <eaob0e$6t5$1@news.Stanford.EDU >,
cordoveroRemoveThis@RemoveThisyahoo.com says...
> > of poor design, IMO. And the reservoir is difficulty to remove/replace
> > without crushing the plastic tubes (I'll probably fix that with my
> > Dremel).
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> Isn't it like the other Gaggia's, where you almost never remove the
> reservoir, but simply pour water through a funnel at the top of the machine
> under a removable trap door?
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> C
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Yep, they are.
Mike
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