Lelit Elizabeth - “shelf”

eamon

Hi all. Firstly thanks to the regulars on here and on the previous forum for all the advice and help.

Have an Elizabeth for over 18 months. I was having problems with the steam pressure decreasing (over many months probably). When I sent it for repair, they suggested it might have been due to vibrations e.g. from a washing machine. Unfortunately this was probably the case. Although I dont think it vibrates that much, there’s probably times it has towels and other unbalanced loads.

My kitchen space is limited, ideally i’d like to keep it where it is/was. I’m thinking of putting up a shelf, just above the counter, with an “inverted” bracket. Any thoughts on load or design?

Another solution may be some kind of vibration isolation (?). Most of these are audio related, and are perhaps not going to absorb the vibration I need.

Any other suggestions?

Inspector

There are pads which goes under washing machine for vibration absorption. Have a look at them on Amazon.

But I am surprised to read that vibration might cause steam pressure decrease on a coffee machine.

eamon

Thanks, yes will look at feet for the washing machine. it is a bit wedged between cabinets so may only partially help.

Not sure what the fault was exactly. “to cut a long story short” the expected source was guessed at being external vibration (without them knowing my set up). will try to get more details.

MediumRoastSteam

eamon - would be interesting in knowing the root cause and effect of it. In other words, how vibration influences the decrease of steam pressure overtime. Do you know what the repair was?