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Permalink Reply by Scott on January 16, 2014 at 12:04pm

When you say "disconnect power to the boiler", do you mean that you unplugged the leads to the boiler element or some other wiring?  If it's the element that would be easy to Ohm out and check for any continuity to ground.  If the element were in fact the issue and the unit was loosing power, does the breaker trip?  Or does the screen go dead?  If not and the element tests out OK, I would venture to guess it's in the low voltage circuit.   Either way it's someone with a DMM  and some time looking for the issue.  

I would try contacting Saeco.  Maybe this is a common enough issue that they would be familiar with the cause.  Good  luck.

 

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Donald Geist on January 17, 2014 at 8:29am

Thanks for the come back Scott. Its the leads to the boiler and the when connected the screen goes dead. Saeco says they think its the boiler or boiler coil. Since the machine is just a year old I was hoping it wouldn't be the boiler. I hope its not a common problem with this type of machine. I'll check the continuity to ground.

                                                                    Thanks Again.

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Permalink Reply by Scott on January 17, 2014 at 8:38am

For reference - 1250w element @120v = 11.5 Ω

Bad water can cause element failure pretty quick.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Donald Geist on January 17, 2014 at 11:59am

Good to know. Thanks

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