The flow meter detects reduced flow signaling the maker to do the five beeps. I went through six videos, including yours, and I cleaned the metal hose and the scale off in three different ways. It worked for a week before the beep came back. I told Ninja on Twitter about it, and others did, too. Template response. Treated you like a generic customer and not a person. If they would've responded on Twitter with real solutions, I'd have stuck with it, but when the beep came back after a week, I said, "Okay, that's it." I later bought an Aeropress for $30 and it makes better coffee, faster (as fast as you can get hot water), quieter, and you can take it anywhere. That said, thanks for the video, Roger. It helped.
Thanks, brother, I tried everything, and I ended up using your method with a small sink air plunger, and it fixed my old and newer machines. Nothing worked even straight CLR.
I too, use a CLR type product. Saw a lot of stuff come out. Lots of crystals. Still couldn't get a full cycle. Watched this video and blew into the part he suggested. Think I have it going now. Thanks!!
But I did find that running and LEAVING vinegar sitting in my machine for over an hour helped..along with blowing on that black springy thing. So thank you for that 🙂🙂
Quick insight on why this works: - There's a hose attached to underneath where you blew - This hose connects to a flow meter (Google "ab32 s21p030c 11R" you'll see a doc explaining that it's a flow meter used for coffee makers that use "vibration pumps". The 30c is the opening in mm (3.0mm), 11R is the angle (w/e that means) and AB32 represents a model. - The insight of the coffee maker gets reeeeeallly scaly, and I think scale clogs up the hose - I think clogging up the hose causes the flow meter to register as "too low of flow" - The coffee pot takes this signal, shuts it off, and gives you the five beeps. So I think five beeps simply means inadequate flow, usually caused by scale. If this doesn't work, finding a way to blow descaler into the same spot that you blew air in could save some people some time, but I don't know how to cleanly push vinegar/descaler in there, so I took the bottom apart pulled the hose out, filled a Sriracha bottle w/ vinegar, and used that to blast vinegar through it. After putting it back together, it worked.
Dude....I believe that will work but I found a faster way. I was watching Forensic Files and there was an episode where someone used anti-freeze. It is faster and is virtually untraceable. So like you, I have a backup coffee maker. I made sure my family used the Ninja, but I used the backup. Within 2 days, it worked like a charm. I have since sold everything, bought a bitchin' motorcycle, and I am now cruising the USA free as a bird. I owe it all to my POS $145 Ninja coffee maker that died after 2 years. I am so grateful that my $20 Mr. Coffee, from 1979, still works. I now keep that in my saddle bag in case I decide to get married & have kids again. Thanks dude...you rock!
Are you guys sure you should be putting CLR near your food ? I think it says on the bottle not to ingest? I used a weak sulfamic acid ("Lime-Away") mixed with water. (Not Sulfuric) they make citric acid that you can use too. Then after the sulfamic acid/water solution broke up most of it, I rinsed it with a 50/50 mix of strong white vinegar & water. I did this until the solution that came out was clear, and then I rinsed it with water a few times, until it stopped tasting and smelling like vinegar. I am sure CLR works great, but I am not so sure that it's a good idea to get it near your mouth, skin, or food. If you feel you need to use CLR on your coffee maker, at least ask the maker of the machine if it is safe. CLR claims that all coffee makes that hold water should not be cleaned with CLR because it is toxic and some of it can get trapped inside the internal heating element chamber and water pump. Be Careful With That Stuff.
@@JaneDoe-sunshineinflorida ...as long as it's the kind that doesn't hold water inside the machine between brews. They have a list of does and don'ts on their page. I wouldn't go using it every time.
Check inside the water reservoir, the white dome is a strainer. Around the sides, are 4 fine screens that are designed to stop any particles. If you use your pot to fill the reservoir, it's probable that coffee grounds have clogged the screens. Symptoms include 5 beeps of death, your machine won't brew a full pot and it makes alot of steam. The screen is pretty difficult to clean as there isn't much room.
The problem I'm having is with the drip stop... Maybe its connects somehow. Brew half a pot then the drip stop starts blinking...wont brew...it doesn't shut off just stops. Slide the basket in and out...maybe flip the drip stop switch back and forth and it works again...but only for a few seconds! Making me mad!
@@-nobody6272 the drop stop uses a magnetic Reed switch. It can be adjusted or bypassed. Take the drop tray apart. You will see the magnet and metal strip. Move the magnet closer to the metal strip.
Hey Roger - another RU-vidr posted a much simpler and faster fix by just flipping the machine upside down while pressing in the black button valve where the water reservoir tank pushes into. Didn't have to take anything apart and solved the 5 beeps problem in 10 seconds. I'm sure your fix works great as well but just wanted to give guys another much simpler fix...and no CLR or running through 5 pots needed! Here is a link to the fix: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F18pL_E6ALA.html
