Profitec PRO 300 - Troubleshooting

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Translation of the original German user manual 29
11 TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem
Possible Cause
Troubleshooting
Little or no crema on the top of
the coffee
The grind is not fine enough
Use a finer grind.
Tamp the ground coffee more
firmly.
Reduce the brewing pressure.
The coffee is too old.
Use fresh coffee
Little or no crema on top of the
coffee
The amount of ground coffee is
not enough.
Use the right coffee amount:
Approx. 7 g 9 g of coffee for
each cup.
The shower screen is dirty.
Clean the brew group.
Sparse coffee dispensing, only
drop by drop
The grind is too fine.
Use a coarser grind.
Tamp ground coffee only
slightly. Increase the brewing-
pressure.
There is too much ground
coffee.
Use approx. 7 g 9 g of coffee
for every cup.
The grind is not fine enough.
Use a finer grind..
The coffee is old.
Use fresh coffee.
The amount of ground coffee is
not enough.
Use approx. 7 g 9 g of coffee
for each cup.
The shower screen is dirty.
Clean the shower screen.
Foam instead of crema
The beans are improper.
Use another type of coffee bean.
The setting of the coffee grinder
is not suited for the coffee
beans in use.
Adjust the coffee grinder (When
changing the coffee beans,
changing the grind may also be
necessary.)
The machine is switched on, but
the machine does not work.
PID-display is turned off: There
is not enough water in the fresh
water tank
Refill water.
Water has been refilled, PID-
display is off
Switch the machine off and on.
Make sure that the floater in the
water tank is in the correct
position. (The side of the floater
with the magnet point must face
towards the inside of the
machine. The floater itself must
be inserted
with the
magnet point
on the upper
part of the
floater side.)
The water tank is not seated
properly.
Seat the water tank properly.
Machine in use with direct water
connection, but switch in
(=position water
tank). Machine does not take in
water.
This switch is located behind a
cover panel at the back of the
machine
The machine does not stop
working and takes in air.
Machine in use with water tank,
position direct water
connection).
This switch is located behind a
cover panel at the back of the
machine
Portafilter/ brew group is
dripping.
Portafilter is not fixed properly.
Fix the portafilter properly.
Group gasket is broken.
Change group gasket and
shower screen.