Water line on intermittent flash after trying to clear the steam
All attempts to clean &/or resolve this indicator light have failed. I have emptied & cleaned the brew group, cleaned out the bean tray & tried to reprime the steam line & this light is still flashing!!! Please help as I am missing my daily Latte:-)
I read the instructions for de-scaling (page 15) and followed it EXACTLY the way it instructed me to.
The entire process took roughly 2.5-3 hours. I set an alarm to remind me to re-dispense the solution again (for 15 seconds) every 10 minutes.
I'm not sure if you skipped a few steps(I did the first time I went through it). If anything, the trick might be to hold the hot water button for 6 seconds to disable the de-scaling alarm.
Your de-scaling alarm probably hasn't been de-activated. ( To make sure I held the hot water button for about 15 seconds)
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There is another process to get into descale mode on some 7.1 machines. I got this from Illy Support: Descale Cycle • Turn off machine • So the usual filling if container with descale fluid • Turn machine on and within 15 seconds from power on – press and hold in the big cup button until it gives 4 acoustic signals and then release your finger. • The big blue cup button should now be flashing • Press the big blue cup button once – the machine will now dispense water intermittently from the coffee group head and the steam arm and the steam and coffee button will be flashing alternately • Once the descaling cycle has completed it will give out a long acoustic signal • The coffee button will continue to flash Rinsing Cycle • Remove the water tank – wash out and fill with clean fresh water just over the MAX level • Empty the container holding 1 litre of water and reinstate back under coffee group head and point steam arm in container. • Press the flashing big cup button once • Water will again dispense intermittently from group head and steam arm • An acoustic signal will sound out as soon as the rinsing cycle is complete. • The Big Blue coffee button will be steadily lit • Remove 1 litre container. • Remove water tank – clean and refill with clean water
–red light should now be off and ready to make coffee
Alarm LED:
• Permanently on (one or more causes): No coffee left, water tank is empty, empty the residual water
tray is full (in this case the dreg drawer also has to be emptied to prevent problems).
• Flashing slowly (one or more causes): Brewing unit is missing, dreg drawer has not been inserted,
coffee container cover has not been inserted, service door is open, rotary knob for opening the hot
water / steam is not in the right position.
• Flashing rapidly:Ventilate the water system
Descaling the Palazzo: The Palazzo is programmed to descale the boilers on its own, when set in the correct mode. You program the machine to descale it's self, do the following. With the machine turned on, push and hold the left 2 buttons (clean and pre-ground). This should light the top right red indicator light. Mix your descaling crystals in 32 to 48 oz in your water tank. Stir until they are completely dissolved in the water. Next, have a container that can handle about 2 quarts of water under the steam wand, or have the machine positioned next to a sink. Next open the steam knob on the right side of the machine. You should hear the pump turn on and pump about 2 to 3 oz's. of water through the wand into the container. The pump should turn off and there will be a wait of about 2 minutes. The pump should turn on again and more water will come out. It will do this until it has completely drained the water tank. Do not interrupt this cycle until the machine has stopped on its own. When it does stop, all lights on the bottom will flash. Rinse out the water tank and refill with fresh water. Place the water tank on the machine again, and then close, and then open the steam knob again and let the water just flow through the boilers until it is emptied by the machine. Don't turn off anything until the machine stops on its own. This will clear the descale light. Refill the water tank again with fresh water and your ready to go.
1) flashing burner light - a flashing burner light indicates the unit is getting an error code common error codes: A. continuous flashing - ignition failure or abnormal combustion; look for visible water in the machine indicating a leak, check gas pressure, debris or buildup on flame rod/igniter plug, or clean unit with compressed air B. 3 flashes - error 16, abnormal outlet water temperature; typically this code indicates you'll need to descale you unit C. 4 or 5 flashes - exotic error codes; you should contact Noritz technical support to deal with these codes
2. If there is no flashing code, try increasing the hot water flow. In the summer time you typically use less hot water; this can result in intermittent operation of your tankless heater. Increase water flow by either: A. cleaning your showerhead and removing scale deposits B. widening your flow restrictor C. Remove your flow restrictor in the showerhead
3.If none of these resolves your problem, you probably have debris in your flow sensor. Contact Noritz technical support for a walkthrough on removing debris from a flow sensor.
The Palazzo is programmed to descale the boilers on its own, when set in the correct mode. You program the machine to descale it’s self, do the following. With the machine turned on, push and hold the left 2 buttons (clean and pre-ground). This should light the top right red indicator light. Mix your descaling crystals in 32 to 48 oz in your water tank. Stir until they are completely dissolved in the water. Next, have a container that can handle about 2 quarts of water under the steam wand, or have the machine positioned next to a sink. Next open the steam knob on the right side of the machine. You should hear the pump turn on and pump about 2 to 3 oz’s. of water through the wand into the container. The pump should turn off and there will be a wait of about 2 minutes. The pump should turn on again and more water will come out. It will do this until it has completely drained the water tank. Do not interrupt this cycle until the machine has stopped on its own. When it does stop, all lights on the bottom will flash. Rinse out the water tank and refill with fresh water. Place the water tank on the machine again, and then close, and then open the steam knob again and let the water just flow through the boilers until it is emptied by the machine. Don’t turn off anything until the machine stops on its own. This will clear the descale light. You will have a steady red light and the green light will be blinking. Refill the water tank again with fresh water, close then open the steam knob, this will clear the red light and your ready to go.
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You need to prime the machine with water. Fill the water tank. Plug the
machine in and turn the power on. Instructions state the lights will
flash, but they won't. Blue water drop will illuminate indicating the
machine is empty (the water tank is full, but the pipes in the machine
are empty until you do the following). Place a cup under the steam
wand, and rotate the steam knob fully to the "on" position (fully
clockwise as you view it from the side until you hit the hard stop). No
need to use force, just rotate until you hear the pump turn on. At this
point, you'll hear a pump running, and after 10-30 seconds, water will
be ejected from the wand. Continue until the blue light goes out and
you're ready to brew. At this point, I think the lights flash and it
comes up to temp. One more thing, when using the steam wand, always
turn the knob until the pump engages, or you run the risk of emptying
the water line. Hope this helps and enjoy!
HI
I don't think your machine is finished descaling. Follow these steps.
With the machine turned on, push and hold the left 2 buttons (clean and pre-ground). This should light the top right red indicator light. Mix your descaling crystals in 32 to 48 oz in your water tank. Stir until they are completely dissolved in the water. Next have a container that can handle about 2 quarts of water under the steam wand, or have the machine positioned next to a sink. Next open the steam knob on the right side of the machine. You should hear the pump turn on and pump about 2 to 3 oz’s. of water through the wand into the container. The pump should turn off and there will be a wait of about 2 minutes. The pump should turn on again and more water will come out. It will do this until it has completely drained the water tank. Do not interrupt this cycle until the machine has stopped on its own. When it does stop, all lights on the bottom will flash. Rinse out the water tank and refill with fresh water. Place the water tank on the machine again, and then close, and then open the steam knob again and let the water just flow through the boilers until it is emptied by the machine. Don’t turn off anything until the machine stops on its own. This will clear the descale light. Refill the water tank again with fresh water and your ready to go.
Hi He has the first part correct, but when you rinse the machine with fresh water the machine needs to quit on its own and you will know this when the descale light is off, but you will have a flashing green light and a steady red light over the water drop. Refill the water tank, the close the steam knob and then open it again. This will clear the red light and then the machine will start heating. IMPORTANT on any automatic machine is when the water tank is off the machine don't do anything with the beans. A chip of bean in the water receptacle can be a big problem for the machine.
Ok. This thing is caused by scaling. If the steam generator runs out of water the sensor thinks the tank is empty and causes the machine to go to standby (basically switch off -- orange light comes on). The solution: Open the machine and clean it.
MAKE SURE THE POWER CABLE IS UNPLUGGED BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DO THE FOLLOWING:
1. There are six screws ( phillips - you will need a long screwdriver). Two of them are hidden under the wheels (just pop off the rollers and you will see the screws)
2. Open the steam generator (there are four screws) and be very careful with the 'O' ring -- you damage it and you can say good bye to the machine. Clean it if you see scaling. The amount of scaling present would indicate how hard your water was. This itself may not be cause of the problem but now that you openend the machine, you might as well as clean it for better efficiency.
3. Disconnect the hose to the steam generator (it has two circlips) and clean it. Mine had hard deposit of scales preventing the water reaching the steam generator.
If your Rowenta DG 920 is chucking guff from the steam jets you need to flush it as per the instructions. ( ie. Flush every 10 uses ) If you haven;t done it for somewhile, you'll next need to expel the reamining guff with lots of steam. Then no more probs.
same problem. light is flashing red
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