Souped up Silvia !

conikal

Heree is one for those Silvia owners who cant decide if they want to upgrade or "Soup up"..
I found this link via another site..
Improvements include..

    PID Temperature control
    Pressure Gauge
    PLC control
    Individual manual override for water, pump, 3-way valve, and heat
    Plumbed into house water supply
    Drain in the drip pan
    Timed Pre-Infusion
    Timed shot
    Shot Counter
    Auto Boiler refill after steaming
    Automatic cleaning and back flush cycle
    LED array that illuminates drip pan area

http://www.mikepetro.org/coffee/

Brett H

Way an awesome job!  Very cool.  I admire the guys with the skill to do these sorts of mods and clearly, with the machine out of action for a while a secondary coffee source must be found!  Perhaps his Clever Coffee Dripper is in Mensa!

MikalHoward

I have the Silvia V3 I got back in 2010. I love her to bits but I do, at some stage when funds allow, want to pimp her out. Either that or I go big and spend lots on a new machine around $3k to $4k plus grinder. This option would be further away unfortunately. Love your mods mate. They look amazing. Really breathed new life into what really is a wonderful machine.

Lacehim

They can be a great machine with a PID.  It's just a shame for the price they charge that it's not included these days!  Instead they concentrate on putting leather skins and stuff on the outside to make it look pretty and charge more! An upgrade to a HX would be better.  Low water level protection is something that the Silvia range lacks sadly and it bites many owners in the bum, especially when friends and family have a go on their machine.