Coffee Brewing at Home

[helhedded]

Is a year about the norm on how long a heating element will last in a coffee maker? I don't buy the cheapest models but I'm sure the heating elements all have to be somewhat similar with models in the $20-50 range. I'm getting about a year out of each maker that I buy. I make medium sized pots, all around the 4-6 cup range. I try not to let it sit and cook for long. And I don't do the fru-fru Kuerig thing.

I'd like to get two years :mrgreen:

 

[KJ10]

I just buy the cheap ones. They all seem the same internally, anyway.

 

[helhedded]

I just buy the cheap ones. They all seem the same internally, anyway.

As I'm getting ready to buy my third maker in three years I'd have to say you might be right "thumbsup"

I probably will stay away from Black & Decker. That's the brand that I've been using.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

The one in the office at work makes 2 full pots a day minimum Mon-Fri and has been there for several years.

But as cheap as they are if you have to buy one a year I suppose it's easier than cleaning them. :ror:

 

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The one in the office at work makes 2 full pots a day minimum Mon-Fri and has been there for several years.

But as cheap as they are if you have to buy one a year I suppose it's easier than cleaning them. :ror:

I'll chalk it up to shitty retail "luck" then. I can notice that this coffee isn't burning my mouth when I drink it right away. That's a problem.

 

[wings_of_fire]

They all have Nichrome heater elements inside them. Due to expansion and contraction cycles, its life is limited. There are better materials for heater elements like Kanthal or FeCrAl2 which are slightly expensive...but the problem is who will get them made because they are not readily available as coffee heaters.

You can get them made from a local manufacturer there if you are willing to spend some time on that.

 

[helhedded]

Wait, I just looked and I'm using a MR. Coffee. Previously it was a Black and Decker. Both were the fancy models with auto timers.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

I can notice that this coffee isn't burning my mouth when I drink it right away. That's a problem.

:lmao:

 

[helhedded]

They all have Nichrome heater elements inside them. Due to expansion and contraction cycles, its life is limited. There are better materials for heater elements like Kanthal or FeCrAl2 which are slightly expensive...but the problem is who will get them made because they are not readily available as coffee heaters.

You can get them made from a local manufacturer there if you are willing to spend some time on that.

My bro wings of fire in with the technical nitty-gritty.

You should play Gran Turismo 6.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

Wait, I just looked and I'm using a MR. Coffee. Previously it was a Black and Decker. Both were the fancy models with auto timers.

Do Mr Coffee and Mr peanut hang out?

 

[helhedded]

Do Mr Coffee and Mr peanut hang out?

Not sure, but if I drink too much Mr. Coffee I might see Mr. peanut

 

[The Violator]

It is all in the water you feed to them. Here in my area, the hardness of the tap water is around 30 grains, 900 tds. That shit eats any kind of heating element. Heat helps the calcium precipitate out and stick to the element.


If you have bottled water, run it through your coffee maker and it should last longer.


Otherwise you could have low voltage in your house, but you would have noticed the effects on everything else. Burnt up AC start components ,dimming lights when something starts, etc.


I have had the same coffee maker for about 10 years. I only run RO water in it.



If your going to toss out the old one, take it apart and look at the heating elements. If they are scaled up that is your issue. .25" of scale add in the neighborhood of 50% extra load because of the insulating properties.

 

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"Shelby County is located over four natural aquifers, one of which is recognized as the "Memphis Sand Aquifer" or simply as the "Memphis Aquifer". This artesian water is pure and soft."

No low voltage that I can think of...


the plot thickens

 

[ROWDY RACING]

It is all in the water you feed to them. Here in my area, the hardness of the tap water is around 30 grains, 900 tds. That shit eats any kind of heating element. Heat helps the calcium precipitate out and stick to the element.


If you have bottled water, run it through your coffee maker and it should last longer.


Otherwise you could have low voltage in your house, but you would have noticed the effects on everything else. Burnt up AC start components ,dimming lights when something starts, etc.


I have had the same coffee maker for about 10 years. I only run RO water in it.



If your going to toss out the old one, take it apart and look at the heating elements. If they are scaled up that is your issue. .25" of scale add in the neighborhood of 50% extra load because of the insulating properties.

My bro Ted with the technical nitty-gritty.

You should play Gran Turismo 6.

Who woulda knew Ted knew something that was factual. :ror:

 

[EeePee]

I feel like I just learned something.

 

[helhedded]

a+ thread

 

[ROWDY RACING]

It's the fluoride Obama puts in the water to lower our IQ's bros.

 

[helhedded]

I knew it!!!!!

 

[Szczerba]

You need to step your coffee game up. Distilled water. Shat, do we have to help you do everything?

 

[helhedded]

You need to step your coffee game up. Distilled water. Shat, do we have to help you do everything?

No one asked you