The repair biz has been steady with a lot of typical issues ranging from solenoids to boilers. This week saw a burnt out pump on a Starbucks Barista (ya I fix them too), a leaky Giotto and a frustrating Kitchen Aid/Gaggia rebrand. The pic to the right is the disemboweled KitAid. The KitAid is an interesting idea... A dual boiler made with Gaggia parts and wrapped in a big bubbly aluminum body. It came in with a non functioning boiler on the brew side. After a fair amount of wrangling to get the cover off it was a quick TS to find a bad thermostat. Also the 2nd boiler had a steam seep at the base that was releasing moisture. I pulled it off and re-set it with a new gasket and some locktight for good measure. Putting the thing back together was a total pain in the behind! These are pretty cool units but they have a bunch of weak plastic consumer grade parts...
