I made two cappuccinos perfectly, and then when I went to make the 3rd one, this began to happen.
SOURCE: Cuisinart EM 200
I was about to abndon pods on this machine, and then I actually used the Pod filter basket - it worked like a charm. Decalcifying is not a bad idea.
SOURCE: can't get milk to foam
Place 1/3 part distilled white vinegar and 2/3 part water into the water reservoir. Turn the machine on and wait for the heat light to go off. Once the heat light goes off, turn the steam vs. water knob to the water drop icon, and turn the main function knob to steam/water. Make sure to have your frothing cup underneath the steam element ready to catch the water. The vinegar/water solution should clear out the calcium that clogs the steam element. Also, remove the cover to the steam element and dip it in a bowl with vinegar for about 5 minutes, and use something like a pipe cleaner to clean out that cover. Then apply vinegar and hot water to a rag and clean the calcium off the shaft of the steam element. Once you are all finished with this, run plain water through the espresso maker on the steam/water setting to clear out the bitter vinegar residue. Now, try again to make espresso and froth it.
Since milk contains calcium, the steam element has to be decalcified more often than a regular coffee maker. The EM-100 is a beautiful machine, but it is definitely high-maintenance - you will probably spend more time cleaning it than making cappuccino, etc.
Good luck!
-Tha Mp3 Doctor (is also a huge Cuisinart fan)
SOURCE: Water will not come through.
Is the water hot? If you have hot water then I would ckeck for a solnoid valve to see if it stop up.
SOURCE: I want an espresso and it's not working...
Most of the time, you just have to reposition the water reservoir - simply pull it up and then put it back in its proper place. If the water tank is even a centimeter off, the suction tube doesn't properly grab it, so it can't take in water.
If you reposition the water tank, and the EM-100 is still not sucking any water out of the tank, there may be a problem with the water reservoir tank itself. Call Cuisinart - I can't remember the Canadian number off-hand (The EM-100C is a Canadian model, so I'm assuming you're in Canada) - and have them send you a new water tank.
Good luck! Let me know if you need any more help with this machine - I am a huge raving fan.
-Tha Mp3 Doctor (also loves Cuisinart)
SOURCE: Same exact thing happened to me today with my 06 Odyssey !!!!!!!
the main switch that controls all the windows is on the drivers side it will allows the drivers window to work then allow your brain into thinking that its fine no its not always fine change it your problems will go away. its the master/main switch that is why the two back windows does not work, they does not always go bad at the same time.
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