ACS Vesuvius Evo Leva

jakesmorrison

Hello! I am excited to announce that I have joined the Evo Leva family. Thank you to everyone in this thread for information, feedback and photos; it helped me decided on this specific lever machine. Also big thanks to Maria from ACS, she was patient and helped answer all of my questions.

As of right now I am keeping the pre infusion, temp settings, and pid settings as default. Using Dr. Palvis water recipe. Dialing in dark roast beans; 20g dose, 40g yield (18/20g basket) in about 30 seconds. Things are tasting great so far. Any off the top of your head tips for a newbie?

My machine customizations: Walnut handles, dual vostok wands, 3 naked portafilters.

DavecUK

jakesmorrison Looks great Jake. Best place to start is one of our knowledge base posts.

https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/blog/873-vesuvius-evo-leva-faq-and-manual

dfk41

jakesmorrison Looks lovely matey! Can I just ask how your worktop is supported underneath where she sits?

jakesmorrison

dfk41

Thank you!

I made the legs using ⅜″ thick rectangle tubing. The legs are attached to a ⅜″ × 4″ steel sheet. There are 4 bolts per leg (except the leg in the pic that is missing 1) that go into threaded inserts. Pics

Cuprajake

jakesmorrison looking good

The only thing I’d say is just check the pid settings are up to date, other than that enjoy the new machine 😁🥰

NelisB

Cuprajake

Hi Jake, what are your latest PID settings?

Cuprajake

oh, now your’e asking,

ill check when home from work pal

NelisB

Thanks mate!

Cuprajake

NelisB

Great, thanks!

Amberale

Hey folks, I tried a bit of a search with thousands of results.
Is any one using a ‘The Force’ tamper with their EVO?
I am presuming that the EVO and Vostok PFs and baskets will be the same.
I currently have a force tamper for my Bianca and like it so I am after a bit of advice.

jakesmorrison

Amberale

I have no advice on The Force tamper, but I am I experimenting with the Normcore 53.3mm tamper right now. I purchased it from Amazon and have till January 31st 2023 to return. It slightly smaller than the tamper that ships with the machine (see pic). I wish it was a bit larger, but I think it is fine for the price. If you want I can get a picture of the bed after tamp.

Pic1, Pic2

Cuprajake

nope dont fit the baskets, they sell a 54mm base but the top hat doesnt sit on the basket lip

Amberale

Cuprajake

Bugger!
Can you put a set of verniers across it and see how much “meat” is on the raised lip in the top plate.
Could the lip be machined down so that it fits in the basket?
I looks like it doesn’t miss by much and the lip on my 58mm Force is about 1.5mm thick.
I reckon one could taper that lip on a lathe to make it fit.

NelisB

I use a Bravo tamper. A 54.7mm base is available which fits the baskets.

gus6464

Looks like the temp probe on my brew boiler has died. I already sent an email to Paolo and ACS but does anyone know the part number to see if I can find the part locally in the USA to try to get up and running quicker while ACS ships me one?

darkstefano

gus6464 the part number to see if I can find the part locally in the USA

He asked the spare part number, not the code of problem.

The pids sensore are universal, really?

DavecUK

gus6464 pretty much any standard espresso machine temp sensor with the right thread should work.

Just make sure it looks the same and has same connector.

Cuprajake

Is there a list of fault codes somewhere?

dfk41

Have you taken the probe out to see what state it is in? I had to do it recently , and even though I use RO water there was some build up on the probe

Eiffel

I’m not aware of codes beyond the ones listed in the owner’s manual, that is :

Display Error Codes

• “AL01”: Temperature probe not connected or short circuit (broken)

• “AL02”: Temperature probe circuit break (not connected)

• “AL10”: Service Boiler filling time out (took longer than allowed)

• “AL11”: mains fill time for internal tank timeout ( took longer than allowed) - It also shows up when the water tank level is low.

The AL07 error is a protective feature to protect the pump, or against flooding and will stop the pump after a certain time. To reset this error, simply switch the machine off and on again. If it keeps happening, look for a kinked blocked feed hose or other problem. If it keeps happening even though the pump only runs briefly, contact your dealer for support. It is possible an A7 will pop up once or twice during a refill after draining the service boiler, if it does simply switch the machine off (wait 10 seconds) and switch on again

Cuprajake

I asked for the codes,

gus6464

DavecUK So the one for the e61 Vesuvius should work? I have tried finding the one for the minima but parts availability seems limited in the US for that machine.

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