ACS Vesuvius Evo Leva

Cuprajake

My settings are on a vid above

Cuprajake

Could it not just be ambient temp. It’s -8 outside and our kitchen is a toasty 16oC

LMSC

Cuprajake Thanks! May be it’s the ambient. I have had a fair share of temperature oscillations with the brew boiler, until I found stability with those settings, which I posted yesterday.

I never got around playing with the group’s settings except B as the group takes longer to warm up. The default B does not suit my machine.

Once the group is hot and reaches the SP, it will always get stuck at about a degree lower from the set point and won’t go up for a long time. Yesterday was one example.

So, I have been using the PID more like an on/off switch at B value of 5. Any thing between 10 and 20 would prevent the temp from getting stuck but will give me 1C oscillation. It is a compromise!

I might get around tweaking the P and D slightly to see where it takes me. 😊

trey_antipasto

Hi all, I wanted to ask a question about this observation. My pre-infusion pressure is set at the out of the box 2bar. I notice that when I start the shot and the pump engages the pressure goes up to nearly but just shy of 2bar but then it sits and runs the pump for a fraction of a second every 1-2 seconds which barely moves the pressure. it does this 6-7 times and then it will finally do a bigger adjustment and go quiet. I’ve noticed in many of the other users videos the pre-infusion pump cycles maybe 2-3 times max to get to 2 bar. Its not an issue in my mind other than its a little annoying and I wonder if all the extra cycles will impact my pump eventually.

Is this something I should at all be concerned about and/or is there some adjustment I should make?

DavecUK

trey_antipasto Nothing to be concerned about at all. Completely normal, won’t impact pump life

trey_antipasto

Thatnks DavecUK for the quick response on that. The machine has been great so far. I’m admittedly being really critical to bring up the number of pump cycles. 😀

Cuprajake

Did a bit of Christmas wrapping tonight

jakesmorrison

Cuprajake

Wow that looks slick! How difficult is the wrap job? Is this your first time wrapping?

Paolo5

That looks great! Well done!

Cuprajake

It’s not super easy as it has sharp angles.

Took the panels off so was easier

If I was to keep it this colour I’d spray it haha

CristianH

Hi all,

I am the proud owner a Evo Leva for a couple of months now. But I have a very small potential problem, not sure. The group is leaking very slowly, like one drip every 30 sec. But it stops after about 20 minutes. Should I be worried or it’s just condensation? Thanks

DavecUK

CristianH the group has a stainless steel liner and that liner contains a jacket of water, very thin jacket water. If the groups turned on from cold, then it may be a little until it warmed up as the water in that jacket expands (10 to 15m). Or if you’ve just pulled the shot, then you might get dripping for a little while, as that jacket of water expands slightly. It’s absolutely no problem at all.

Cuprajake

there a wet group they all do this warming up, no issuses

corichards

Hi Leva brains trust, for no particular reason that I can discern my ACS Évo Leva is showing an alarm 11.

Are there any suggested steps I can take to try and fix that? (As it means my brew and steam boilers are not heating but the group head is).

Thanks in advance for any thoughts/suggestions and happy holidays in the meantime!

CoyoteOldMan

corichards Al.11 is low water. Fill the tank if necessary, and check that the level sensor is fully immersed. Sometimes the little plastic pipe kinks when fitting the cover back, and the sensor remains a few cm above the bottom of the tank.

ETA - definitely low water. Just checked by pulling up the sensor on mine…

Cuprajake

Is that the water fill alarm?

If so, check the float is ok and if it is, take the back off, remove the weight and check the wiring harness for the plug.

corichards

Thanks cuprajake, I may be wrong but I think the water float alarm is A1, whereas looking at the manual, A11 is from “mains fill time for internal tank timeout ( took longer than allowed)”. Not sure what’s causing that to happen or how to stop it… I guess there could be some blockage or squeeze on the intake tube….

corichards

Thanks CoyoteOldMan and cuprajake, there is definitely water - so it must be the float or a kink in the pipe…

Very much appreciate the prompt and helpful advice!

Cuprajake

If it’s not that check the wire with the back off

Cuprajake

Speaking of gifts, sadly the royal mail strikes have hit me and my order from crown and canvas hasn’t come, I’ve been in touch with them and they have been amazing, even offered a full refund, but at this moment in time I’m hopeful they will still come and let’s face it, they will be rested and I can freeze them.

In light of this I’m nearly out of beans, these are the remaining black cat order and the chocolate point.

CoyoteOldMan

Cuprajake It’s definitely hit-and-miss with Royal Mail. I ordered from C&C on 16, they shipped on 21 (beans roasted 20), I got them yesterday. Yours are somewhere “in transit” - hopefully delivered not too late to be enjoyed.

I’d happily split my kg of mostly-chocolate flavours, but I’m not driving to Manchester (?) to deliver it!

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