Posted Tue Jan 31, 2012, 11:42am Subject: Rancilio Silvia drain mod, College style
So, I've been enjoying my PID'd Silvia I purchased from the b&s section a few months ago, but found myself irritated by how often I needed to empty the drip tray (and spill it all over the floor, most often), so I decided to see what I could come up with to rig up a drain of sorts without shelling out a lot of cash.
I headed to a local hardware store and picked up a 1/2 inch PVC 90° elbow, 4 feet of vinyl tubing (I ended up only using 3 feet) that fit into the elbow nicely, and a foil pan (which came in a two-pack)
After finding out that the drip tray is a (gasp!) $70 part, I was not keen on taking a drill to it in case I did something wrong. Instead, I fashioned a foil drip tray out of one of the pans I bought:
I couldn't get a good picture of it, but I taped a seal around the bottom of the joint and made a hammock of sorts for the tubing so that it wouldn't fall apart. A bit of hot glue on the PVC inside the tray would help also. I then ran the tube down to a milk jug for draining.
I also put (taped :D ) some longer plastic legs on that I found in my basement to provide room for the tubing. It's nice when steaming milk as well.
Posted Tue Jan 31, 2012, 8:22pm Subject: Re: Rancilio Silvia drain mod, College style
Hi Nick,
You have inspired me to do something similar to my Silvia. I can't count the times I have ad it overflow. I have an older Silvia. My drip tray is slightly different from yours. The sides are straight with no curves at the corners and there is no logo.
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Posted Wed Feb 1, 2012, 7:00am Subject: Re: Rancilio Silvia drain mod, College style
Nice DIY and thinking outside the box. My work Silvia only gets a few shots a day if that so the drip tray is able to keep up, I also flush etc into an old coffee cup so that water does not go into the tray either and only DRIPS go into the tray LOL!
I hate, well that is a strong word, strongly dislike non plumb in machines which is why I have several of them at home but unfortunatly at work that isn't an option even with a pump etc. so I am stuck there.
Posted Thu Feb 2, 2012, 7:52am Subject: Re: Rancilio Silvia drain mod, College style
calblacksmith Said:
Nice DIY and thinking outside the box. My work Silvia only gets a few shots a day if that so the drip tray is able to keep up, I also flush etc into an old coffee cup so that water does not go into the tray either and only DRIPS go into the tray LOL!
I hate, well that is a strong word, strongly dislike non plumb in machines which is why I have several of them at home but unfortunatly at work that isn't an option even with a pump etc. so I am stuck there.
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