You guys all crack me up! :rofl: I too have a lil girl in the house and not that the SJ has ever woken her but if by coincedence she should wake while I happen to be making a coffee, well, let's just say the look from the Mrs is one of those you don't wanna see! So tonight I installed the new sight glass and slowly and steadily tightened all the nuts. In fact, it took me 3 goes (and 3 drain and refills of the boiler) to get it to the point where it no longer leaked. I really didn't want to crack the sight glass again and my patience paid off. I must say there is a fair bit of water coming out of the anti-vac as the boiler initially comes up to temp. I suspect it will be reduced with subsequent power-ons as less false pressure would exist. All up I'd say that initial power-on spat out around 1.5 tsp's of water. The good news is that within 5 minutes the majority of it is vaporised by the heat coming of the boiler and the top and bottom rails. I took the opportunity to insulate the boiler while the covers were off and came VERY close to meeting Mr 240V for the first time in my life. I now know why everyone stresses the dangers of working with or even near electricity. Thankfully, while reaching for the switch assemble from inside the case I heard AM screaming at me to "turn it of at the wall and unplug it just to be sure because 2+2=5 and Muscles + 240V = dead!" Thanks AM! :thumb: Anyway, back to the insulation, with the boiler now insulated I have increased the time in between boiler cycles but only very slightly (maybe added 20-30 seconds to the off-period) but the noise made during the boil is pleasantly nearly non-existent now. It used to sound like a kettle boiling and could be heard as it came up to temp but not any more 🙂 What's left for me to do: I have the 2 temp strips still to attach but can't decide where I want to put them, I am still going to re-paint the cover as there are 3 decent chips down to bare metal on it but again I can't decide on color and lastly I am going to rellocate the power cord from the side to the rear but need to figure out how to seal the hole that will be left behind and how to secure the cord in the near location. Anyway, will post pics tomorrow...
