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The 920 seems very nice. The 820 that I have is a single boiler and doesn't have as much steam Power as I would like. I don't think that is an issue with the dual boiler
Commercial Espresso at Home, Advice Needed
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If you look long enough you should be able to find my favorite "looking" machine. They come in single, dual, and triple head group combos
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I currently use a GS3 at home but before that I had a LaPavoni pub.... it is a 120v single group plumbed in commercial machine. I picked it up used at a restaurant supply place locally for a couple hundred. Over a few years I put another couple hundred in maintenance parts to bring it up to my standards I also added pid. For the price it was pretty good and I learned alot on that machine. But I wanted to upgrade to a dual boiler...
You might try to see if you can pick up a used machine that is designed for a small cafe. If you were in Seattle I might even be able to show you where to look for one.
Ruckin.
You might try to see if you can pick up a used machine that is designed for a small cafe. If you were in Seattle I might even be able to show you where to look for one.
Ruckin.
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Those old Federal Pacific circuit breakers might as well be welders...they just don't trip. I'm a master electrician, and if somebody wanted me to add a circuit to that panel, I wouldn't do it unless I was going to change or retrofit the panel first. Those things have caused countless fires over the years. That's another reason not to even attempt to run your A/C and espresso machine at the same time. The breaker won't trip and you could be drawing a dangerous amount of current.
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Heeding the advice of the above electrician, you MAY be able to work around the problem without having to re-wire anything. I'm not sure how apartments are wired, but houses have an incoming net 220v, which is produced by having a +110, a -110, and a ground. In the circuit box there are + circuits and - circuits, each connecting back to ground. In order to get 220 you run from +110 to -110, resulting in 220. Since each plug in your house is on one of the circuits, you COULD figure out which are on + circuits and which are -, then make a little drop cord which plugs one leg into each of these and terminates in a socket for your espresso machine. I'm NOT saying this is a good idea, but I may have done this to power a welder in a rented house with no room in the breaker box...
