Brasilia Portofino Del 2 Manual
Favorite this post Rosito Bisani Brasilia Portofino Super America DEL-2 - $2000 hide this posting unhide condition: excellent make. Rosito Bisani Brasilia Portofino 2 Gp. 2 Group Espresso Machine Maker. • Emergency manual tank refill • Water level indicator. I had an electrician install a Brasilia Portofino Del-2 in my shop last year. The machine works flawlessly. I have just discovered that he changed the plug and hooked it up to a 110v outlet.
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So you walk out of work one day and find that the catering company next door has chucked what appears to be an almost never used Brasilia Portofino out into the alley. The only thing missing seems to be the portafilter. After a little research and an email to Italy, you get a copy of the owners manual.
After a little more research, you find a parts dealer about thirty miles away where you can get a portafilter. A little re-routed plumbing from your pre-existing RO system, and you have your very own espresso machine.
Up, and running! Segue to my reality. After finding and clearing a blockage from where the level meter attaches to the bottom of the boiler (the boiler was not filling, even though it looked like it was full), I am able to extract a reasonable cup of espresso, not great, but I have time to learn. The problem was when I ran water through the hot water tap, I got a heck of a lot of steam, and at first, relatively clear water. Then a lot of steam, and milky white murky water. Now, a lot of steam, water, and brown crud.
Portofino America Del-2 20' 20' 20' 108 lbs 6 liter 2400 watts 220 volt 20 amp It is a very nice machine. I have an older two group myself and it performs excellent. It may be a bit large for a kitchen though LOL, well most kitchens anyway. I have a slightly larger one though, not the compact listed above. We accept all major credit cards. Brasilia, Portofino, 1 group through 4 group. A solid machine that has withstood the test of time. We know these machines because we.
Still clear water through the group head, and nothing seems amiss with the steam wand, but the water wand. I probably should mention that this is my first espresso machine, and my first time ever trying to make espresso. Welcome!.and congrats on your find The machine has probably been sitting there for quite a while and you need to descale it: Since this is you first machine I strongly recommend you do some reading in the resources section. Your machine is a heatexchanger (hx) the circuit for the boiler and the espresso brewing circuit are separated that is why you get clean water from the group and brown crud from the water tap. HX Schematic here Which Portafino are you using - this one? Espressoparts.com will be able to help you with parts if you need anything. Download ost farewell firefly.
Bernhard, Thanks again for the input! Maybe I'm just dense, or missing something in the instructions (I do have a slight problem interpreting semantic nuances) I understand grounding the autofill probe, but it's not clear to me how or even where to hook a bottle full of descaler to the HX.
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Do I disconnect my water supply and hook it in there? If it's in a bottle, wont the pump have issues once the bottle collapses due to the suction?(should I invert the bottle and poke a hole in the bottom, or is it bad to have air pulled through the pump once the bottle is empty?) Thanks again!
Mark, yes, disconnect your hose from the water supply and put it into a water bottle (or bucket) with descaling solution, there will be no 'collapsing' don't worry (just don't run your pump dry!). Many people are running their machines this way permanently One example wit a flojet pump and one with just a tank and no flojet In your case it is really only a temporary solution to get the descaling solution in there so you don't need the flojet or a nice tank as in the above examples. The rotary pump will manage as long as there is no air in the hose(you can vent air from the hose by loosening the hose just a little where it attaches to the machine if necessary).
One last question, I have run descaler through the HX as instructed, and I have run descaler through the boiler. I am still getting brown deposits from the hot water tap (although not nearly as much).
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Looking at the pipe run for the tap, it attaches to the lower right of the boiler. Since the boiler level meter goes down as I dispense hot water, I'm wondering if I need to do another round of descaling the boiler, or is there someplace else I should be looking? Also, is it normal in this type of machine to get steam as the water dispenses, or should it be a normal clean flow? Looks like you're doing good so far Try to empty the boiler as much as possible before the next descaling run (on the cold machine loosen the hot water pipe on the lower right and drain the boiler from there, be careful not to damage the fitting! Do NOT apply excessive force).