How Do You Repair The Thermal Fuse On An Espresso Machine?
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• Plug in machine to another outlet that you know is working. • Unplug machine (this is really, really important). • Remove the top cover. • Check thermal fuse. It will be held down against one of the massive metal parts of the “boiler”. The thermal fuse is 1/8 inch diameter and half and inch long and looks like a piece of glass, and is usually encased in a plastic insulating tube. • Use a connectivity checker to see if the fuse is conducting. You can’t get the electrodes of the ohmmeter on the ends of the fuse, so you have to trace the wires back to some metal connection point, and touch the conductivity checker probes there. If the fuse does not conduct electricity, it must be replaced. • Unscrew the clip holding the plastic tube and fuse to the metal part, and pull one end of the plastic tube back as far as you can towards the fuse, and cut the wire from the fuse. If you can’t get the tube far enough to see the wire leading from the fuse, try pulling it the other way. Remove the pla
