One thing that I wish I knew more about in terms of equipment is definitely PID controllers. What better place to ask (except for maybe espressoparts). I think I have a general idea of how they work (did a little Wiki research), although a lot of it, honestly, blew over my head. My main question is this:
I have seen anything from a Gaggia Espresso, to a Sylvia, to different Quickmill models, and different machines in-between in terms of home machines get modded out with a PID. However, when it comes to people putting PIDs on their commercial machines, I really only see it happen with LM Lineas. Why is that?
Here are some other questions I have:
- Is there a reason to not put a PID on a machine?
- Can any machine accept a PID?
- How much knowledge about programming PIDs do you have to have in order for it to work well on your machine? Do they come programmed to a point that you don't need to know much?
We work on an old school Nuova Simonelli HX machine and I know that temperature stability is something that plagues our ability to dial in different blends. I would love to be able to eliminate this variable. Is it as simple as buying a PID controller?
-bry
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