Hey Vince, your variety is why I really like your channel. As you implied, general troubleshooting works for many different devices, and discovering fixes for something may yield the same results on something entirely different. Thank you!
Just a seized Motor.. you are right, it is very interesting how an old toy can have the same Problem as a modern coffee machine. That shows, how little we evolved in some parts or how many old inventions get used in new products.
@@lawrencemanningwe made them smaller. That’s about it. It’s still a copper winding. We also made them brushless. Now, brushless ones were invented in the 60s, so we haven’t come very far in the past 60 years
Hello from the US Vince loved the video as usual. I always learn something from watching you work on this stuff. I know you always say it’s for entertainment purposes only but I always learn .
Great fix, Vince! Nice and easy (for someone like you who knows what they're doing!) That Nespresso does look like it can make a nice cup of coffee from a capsule. I have a Keurig that I use periodically, and the coffee that it makes isn't nearly as creamy and full as your Nespresso. But I do like how on mine, when I raise the lid to put a capsule in it, the simple act of lowing the lid back down and pressing it closed manually punctures the cup on both sides, making it ready for use. Who needs a motor and an entire movable mechanism, that can be a point of failure? Sometimes simplicity is key!
Thanks, I think it is a way to simply charge more. I completely agree with you. It is no bother at all to manually move a lever, it takes 1 second to do. Just adding pointless complexity!👍
I have a toy from, I think, the 60's. It's a little cup, you put your dice in there, it shakes them up and tips the cup over to roll dice for you. Got it from a church thrift store. Didn't work. I heard Vince in my head "the motor's seized...the motor's seized!" Sure enough, turned the motor a couple times, batteries back in, works like a charm. Wish everybody knew to check a seized motor first instead of just assuming something doesn't work and throwing it out.
We've gone backwards. Why do modern devices have so much tech in them? The more that is manually done by the end user, the better as there's less to fail and the device will last longer. I'm not saying the user should have to do absolutely everything because that would be inconvenient but would it hurt if they moved a plastic piece to puncture the capsule manually? Surely it wouldn't.
All nespresso machines uses motors to puncture the capsules in the last decade, only very old machines uses a lever to make the user do it There is a machine called Caffitaly that all models, the user punctures the capsules, because the lid is also a lever, you have to apply a tid bit of force,. but its one less point of failure for the machine
This is how fixed a Playstation 1 earlier today. Just get the laser motor moving. The PS1 wasn't reading discs because the motor of the laser was seased up.
@@makedaevilmage also a common problem on old hard disks. A few years ago got the data off an old (late 90s) laptop disk by flicking the platters with a finger while it was trying to start. Was a bit hairy and hardly clean room work but it got the job done.
Hey Vince - try Kaffekapslen for pods, as you can get 10 from just £1, and many packs of 10 pods for between £1 and £1.40. Also 100 pod packs for around £10 or so.
I had a client about 5 years ago that had these machines in the office. It was annoying if you sat anywhere near one of them because silent or quiet they are NOT.
I see you got the LTT screwdriver, I'm guessing you used a few of that kind of drivers and would love to know your thoughts, is it worth the pretty high 69$ price? I bought the Wiha + Xiaomi driver a few years ago and very happy with it but you can never have enough tools and I am considering buying the LTT driver but after shipping it's closer to 100$ for me and that's a bit much for a driver.
Interesting I sometimes get tempted to buy one of these when I see them on special offers but seeing the amount of coffee you got for a capsule I think I've been put off the idea. Those capsules are expensive aren't they and I think you got maybe an inch of coffee. I don't doubt the coffees probably nice but yeah I'll stick to instant.
@@teknikal6969 you are right to avoid them. They always seemed like a bit of a con to me. Plus you don’t actually know what’s in the capsule. FWIW my coffee choice is a 40 quid hand operated grinder and a fairly basic espresso machine that was about 120 quid off Amazon. I buy kg bags of beans. I stick to black doubles but the wife likes the odd latte which you can make with the steam wand. Moccas are easy too. I didn’t want an integrated grinder as it seems that it’ll be more to go wrong. And I rather like the ritual that goes with hand powered grinding.
You set the machine to deliver the desired amount of coffee, that machine has 3 settings, from factory they are 25ml, 40ml or 110ml depending on the drink you are making, 60 pods are about £10 and more and more of the pods now are switching from aluminium to compostible materials.
Vince, Do you have a Dreamcast? I have an Beharbros Akura vga to hdmi adapter that's faulty. No point sending it to you if you can't test it. Might be an interesting fix?
Those Nespresso devices are overly complicated, the other day I repaired a friend’s Aeroccino, the thing has two power supplies (one switching, one capacitive), a thermal sensor, a Hall effect switch, a micro-controller... just to stir milk... bonkers.
Those damn little motors strike again, easy enough fix if accessible, absolute 🤬 if you cant🙈 The guy who designed the coffee capsules massively regrets his invention, due to all the waist & plastics. What i do, is after use take the coffee out & when ive 1/2 litre of grounds, add it to my soil outside, it has rejuvenated it way beyond my dreams, I then put the capsules in recycle, some supermarkets do a recycle bag to put the used capsules in for you to then give to them, also ive seen fiel blocks made out of the recycled used coffee, I expect the quantities need arr provided by the big Coffee Takeout chains, not perfect but could be worse🤔
Sure. But on the other hand it is likely at least a more efficient for low consumption/single users than a regular brewer I suppose. For these type capsules you can also get reusable copper ones, I think. May have seen another design. I'm sure Nespresso won't be too happy about it if it became common use though. 💸 Then there probably be microchips in all these pods soon enough. 🤦♂
I agree, even the guy who designed the coffee capsules regrets his invention, what i do, is after use take the coffee out & when ive 1/2 litre of grounds, add it to my soil outside, it has rejuvenated it way beyond my dreams, I then put the capsules in recycle, some supermarkets do a recycle bag to put the used capsules in for you to then give to them, also ive seen fiel blocks made out of the recycled used coffee, I expect the quantities need arr provided by the big Coffee Takeout chains, not perfect but could be worse🤔
Use food grade motor spray and it keep it rust free but most old motors in electric kitchen equipment use inferior material and it rust quickly and it not good it 1 time only then we have to bin it been a sparky fixed stuff for over 30 years
You empty the dirty water out the machine but never rinsed out the cup before making the coffee so the cup is not very hygienic 🤦🏻 🤣 I just fixed my coffee machine as the thermal fuse had blown!
In my experience, kickstarting it like this will work for another few months and the same problem will return. The only real fix is to replace the motor.
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