20 Most Recent La Pavoni Europiccola EPC-8 Espresso Machine Questions & Answers

hi there is new heating element from stainless steel and you adopt with shorter screws to the boiler ring regards Guy

If you check the coil with your ohms meter and get no reading then you might be able to find one from crossroads espresso they are the biggest Pavoni dealer 15413444600.

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I supply all La Pavoni spare parts and dispatch all over the world. Go to www.theespressoshop.co.uk and click on the la pavoni machine on the right to access the full parts list. We have all variations of the elements.

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\\this might be caused by a worn piston seal. see here how to replace seals. dr pavoni

Hi That sound completely normal and not a fault at all, that is how they work.

The boiler is tightened down via a big brass or plasitc ring which is threaded look on the page linked below

Try looking at this site its really good helped me do various repairs to my La Pavoni Pro http://www.francescoceccarelli.eu/lapavoni_faidate_eng.htm all the best P

Hi your grind is to course and or your tamp is to loose. Even with the right grind and tamp water will filter down through the puck eventually. all the best

Wrong category please reclassified.

If you have tried different coffees and grinds then i would try different packing methods using a tamper to do so. Try packing very firmly to not so firmly and see if that works. Also you might find that you need a new double filter basket. I have seen this in quite a few machines where the holes in the basket can become very slighty enlarged from what they were originally and what this does is allows the coffee to flow through the basket too quickly and therefore leaving you with poor crema by not getting a good extract from the coffee. I hope this helps.

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Mr La Pavoni

The electrician didn't do anything except confirm that the machine has a fault that is blowing fuses. Resistance is not a part, is an electrical property of the part. Electrical current is the voltage divided by the resistance, so if you don't have enough resistance you get too much current. The fault could be anything from a bad switch to shorted terminals on the heater. Essentially you have to take it apart and check the components. My procedure would be to do a visual inspection first for bad insulation, electrical terminals touching each other or the metal parts of the machine, cracked heater, signs that water is leaking into the circuitry, etc.

If the machine blows the fuse even when it is turned off, the problem is almost certainly the power cord or at the switch. The most likely place for the power cord to fail with a short (other than an improperly installed replacement plug) would be where it goes into the machine. Look closely for cracked or broken insulation both on the inside and the outside of the machine.

After that I would use an ohmmeter to check the electrical resistance of parts. For example, if the coffee pot is rated for 10 Amps, the heater resistance should be 120 Volts / 10 Amps = 12 Ohms. Since your model is rated between 800-1000 Watts, (7.1 - 8.3 Amps), the heater resistance should be at least 14.1 Ohms. The indicator lamp should read "out of range" if it is a neon bulb, but may read several ohms if it is incandescent (the resistance of incandescent bulbs increases as they get hot).

One possible source of the problem is a leaky steam pressure switch. If water is getting into the electrical part of the switch, it could be causing a ground fault.

If the power cord is bad, you can cut off the bad part and rewire with the remainder (if it is still long enough for you), or you can replace it with any 16 gauge power cord of the same style rated for elevated temperature use. "For La Pavoni replacement parts and service, please contact La Pavoni USA at 1-800-927-0277" (from the Pavoni website).

Your piston rings in fact the entire machine needs to be overhauled with new gaskets and piston rings we do this repair. www.dolcevitaespresso.com

Why?

Probably hard water deposits. The kind that plugs up steam irons. There is a product made specifically for cleaning steam irons. Try some of that is your machine. If you still have the owners manual that came with the unit, it should address the problem of deposits and how to deal with them.

LaPavoni themselves do not sell parts but here are 2 links to places which do.The first link is presented better and the 2nd link,you need to look at diagram #2.If you are unsure about your O-ring,call them and thefor y will know which one is for yours.It appears that it may cost about $7,and roughly estimating,I would guess $6 S&H(which is where any place gets you).
Good luck,Greg

http://www.espressoparts.com/LaPavoniEuropiccolaProfessionalDiagram2

http://www.partsguru.com/LaPavoniparts.html#Diagram-2

Hi,

This problem could occur due to to two problems.

1)Blockages in the valves.There are many valves present that will cause this issue.
When it is blocked due to dust particles it will block the flow.Check in the the diagram of how
to separate the La Pavoni.Apply some air pressure at the valve knob endings and the flow turnings.

2)Piston may to block the flow.So take it clean and place it properly.

Here is the parts diagram which will help you take apart the La Pavoni.



For clear picture and more details:
http://www.lapavoni.it/PDF/RIC_EuropiccolaProfessional.pdf

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Coffee grind is too fine.

Hi.

If it shuts completely off, then the controller board is faulty. That is probably the only part that can cause shut down after machine has been connected and had been on for a while.