[-] floe@hci.social 1 points 5 months ago

@ItsGhost @avidamoeba I sense an extremely embarrassing ER visit in someone's near future 😬

[-] floe@hci.social 6 points 6 months ago

@agent_flounder Yes, big kudos to DeLonghi as well. They could just have glued everything together into one big epoxy block, but no, they chose to make it actually repairable (and even let you buy replacement parts). 👌

[-] floe@hci.social 21 points 6 months ago

@workerONE Officially, I'm a computer scientist 😉 But over the years, I've fiddled around with enough electronics and mechanical engineering as well that I'm overall pretty good at fixing stuff 🤷

[-] floe@hci.social 4 points 6 months ago

@gronjo45 I'd say roughly an hour to take the cover off and find the broken valve, one week waiting for the replacement to ship, and half an hour to put it back in 😉

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submitted 6 months ago by floe@hci.social to c/coffee@lemmy.world

Pulled a ~ 600 € DeLonghi coffee maker out of the dumpster and invested about 50 € in spare parts (water tank, grounds container, and a new magnet valve). Seems like I have a new coffee machine now 😁☕

(It would have gone even faster and without a puddle on the kitchen counter if I had put in the gaskets from the start. 🤦 Ah well.)

/cc @coffee

[-] floe@hci.social 1 points 6 months ago

@ada I've been a cow's milk junkie for decades, but Oatly Original is a sufficient replacement IMHO.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by floe@hci.social to c/coffee@lemmy.world

Anyone around who has experience with magnet valves? I got one here (in a coffee machine) that buzzes loudly when active, is that a sign it's going to bite the dust soon? Any suggestions for fixes, like repeated descaling, or simply giving it a good whack? Or save myself the hassle and just get a replacement part?

/cc @coffee

floe

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