20 Most Recent Braun Tassimo Espresso Machine/Coffee Maker - Page 6 Questions & Answers

Hi, Red light means something needs attention. Descale solution is very corrosive and may have caused damage. I cant think of anything that would do this. Try switching it off and unplugging it for a few minutes. Hopefully resetting it will fix your problem. Dazza REPAIRER

You might want to try decalcifying your machine. See my comment here:
http://www.fixya.com/support/t149940-starts_fine_but_loses_fizzle_end

CLC

I read what you stated but lets try from scratch. Dump the water out, take the disck out and clean the reader again. Then follow the instructions stated as HOW TO MAKE A DRINK
? Place the mug of your choice on the cup stand.
? When the STANDBY light illuminates, insert the T-DISC® of your choice
and close the clamp.
? The HEATING light will blink as the brewer heats the water to the
optimal temperature for your drink.
? Once the proper temperature is reached, the AUTO light will
illuminate. When it lights up, press the start/stop button to begin
the brew cycle.
? The AUTO light will continue to flash throughout the brewing cycle.
PLEASE NOTE: Some beverages have a pause in brewing
after the initial influx of water into the T-DISC®.
? The MANUAL light will illuminate when your drink is ready.
It is possible that the water tank was not perfectly in the correct position and that will cause this. One other solution is to hold your finger on the start button till after the machine runs through a cycle, may take a few minutes.
Here is another solution that may help as well,

The key to the problem is that there is a sensor in the water reservoir -- a black float at the bottom, which helps the system sense when the water is running low.

Although there is plenty of water, the sensor perceives that the float has fallen, and stops the process.

By giggling or pulling the reservoir up about a half inch, up and down, the sensor "sees" the float again and the system continues with the dispensing cycle.

This giggling may be necessary 2-3 times for one cup of coffee. But, usually after getting the machine running again, it continues to work for a while.

One reason the float may be misaligned is --- after refilling the reservoir, especially from a water tap that has an aereator, a bubble may form inside the float compartment and prevent the float from rising all the way--- that will be read by the sensor as "out of water". Shake the reservoir and the bubble will dislodge.

That's is the primary solution to this scenario, if it is a Defective tank sensor, you can tape a small magnet on the back just above the power switch next to the water tank to trick the machine into thinking there is water in the tank. Just make sure there is water in the tank, as the sensor is now fooled on. if this does not clear the issue then there may be a bad internal fuse for the heating element which in that case it needs to go back to the manufacture for a repair.
Let me know if these work and if you need furthur assistance.

can i download instruction manual for a tassimo

If your machine is made by Bosch then go to www.bosch-eshop.com where you can order spare parts online. I think the part number is 616231:Jet and is called a Tassimo piercing unit.

If there is pressure at the inlet then the fault is a blocked or clogged inlet filter/valve which can be found at the inlet.Sometimes a backflushing can help to clear the dirt.

check and see if there is a rubber seal under neath if there is replace the rubber probably the rubber crystalized.good luck

Hi, Sounds like your pc board has faulted. There are fuses on the board which might be blowen. Check them. Bright bar code lights on display usually means that power is interupted somewhere on a circut. Dazza REPAIRER

Hi could be ECU board or water tank sencor. flshing lights mean that there is not enough water getting through. Dazza REPAIRER

This is quite an easy problem to fix. Whats happened is the water heater has overheated and tripped the power as a safety measure.

Take off the Left hand cover, there are 4 torx screws. You will see the water heater. with what looks like 2 circular teminals held on the side with a metal strap.

these are one shot thermal cut outs. the same as on a tumble drier.
Tassimos are over engineered and really only need one thermal cut of. if there are no lights on the front, the brown wire has tripped. if there is light and no heat the blue wire has tripped.

What I did was swap the brown wires over to the trip that had the blue wires on, so you still have a thermal trip. and bridge the blue wires together and taped them up - voila it works again. DO NOT CROSS THE BROWN WITH THE BLUE> BOOM!

to do the job properly take off the thermal trips and go to an applicance repair shop. of they dont have them on the shelf i would suspect they can get them they are very generic. try not to lose too much of the white thermal paste as this helps with the cut off. if you do lose some its the same as used on CPU heatink compound. put them in and replace the strap and re assemble.

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Usually when there are no lights, the AC was cut by one of the thermal fuses on the side of the water heater. One has black wires, the other has white wires. You cannot locate replacement fuses anywhere! They were custom built for Saeco (Braun). If you want, you can buy them at a 1000 qty. I pried off the aluminum cap of the thermal fuses using jewelers screwdrivers. Being careful not to change the face shape. I took the metal disc under the cap off and popped it back in opposite direction. I replaced the metal disk (BE SURE THE INSULATOR UNDER THE DISK IS PUT BACK IN, IT INSULATES THE VOLTAGE). I replaced the aluminum top, crimp two edges to hold. Then checked to be sure none of the terminals were conductive to the aluminum face.

These fuses are similar in construction to resettable thermal breakers, but the metal strap in the coffee maker does not allow room for the reset button.