This is great help! I will try to put some of it into practice this week. I took apart my UNIC Diva last night to try to clean it out. WOW - What Gunk! Lots of "sandy" corroded remnants inside the water pipes of the machine. So I am going to try to fill it up and empty it out tomorrow night (wife out of town...) Here's the plan, clean out the valves tonight, and then reassemble, except for the grouphead. Move the Diva (105 lb) to a chair, Diva propped on Window ledge facing out, screen removed. Turn on plumbed in water source valve, and let all the junk run through. I have a flex tube on the supply tube, and will try "tipping up" the back of the machine so gunk can go into the garden.... How's that sound? Appreciate the help and dialogue... On 8/1/06, Eddie Dove wrote: <Snip> -- Regards, Brett Mason HomeRoast Zassman |
That sounds like a wife out of town moment. :) Just have plenty of towels handy... Wouldn't it be easier to set it up next to a sink and add a hose to direct the drainage to the sink? Will |
Actually, it sits next to the window already, and that is the easiest way out... I will take the thought on towels! Has anyone done the clean the tank procedure and can offer advice on that part? Thanks, Brett On 8/1/06, Obrien, Haskell W. wrote: <Snip> -- Regards, Brett Mason HomeRoast Zassman |
If that thing falls out of the window ... do you plan on catching it? Either the suggestion below, or if I remember correctly from your photos, there is a sliding glass door to the left of your setup that goes out to the deck. Move it out there, on the deck, and extend the plumbing to it ... perhaps from the garden hose. This may be a lot more safe and you won't care what leaks where. Eddie --- "Obrien, Haskell W." wrote: <Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip>http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast<Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip>">http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast<Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip>http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast<Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip> Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
Okay ... I remembered wrong. If you don't have one, borrow a hand truck and take it outside. I'm not sure your window will like the 105 lbs leaning on it. Eddie --- Eddie Dove wrote: <Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip>http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast<Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip>http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast<Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip>">http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast<Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip>http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast<Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip>http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast<Snip>http://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip> Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
The UNIC is 105lb, and about 24 inches deep. Only about 3 inches will beoutside the Window. If it falls, aint nobody gunna catch it. Have to dig it out of the hole in the ground though.... On 8/1/06, Eddie Dove wrote: <Snip> -- Regards, Brett Mason HomeRoast Zassman |