Coffee Grinder Cleaning

— Posted inFood, Gadgets — 2 min read

Linda likes her coffee to be the kind that puts hair on a man’s chest with the result being the roasted beans tend to be very oily. Making her coffee in the morning and cleaning the grinder are my jobs. I don’t understand why this is so because i am a tea drinker, but since she is the Queen of the house and I’m just her lowly servant, I do what she tells me.

After washing the removable parts with hot soapy water the final step is clean the blades. I used to spend a lot of time trying to brush all the bits of coffee loose then vacuum them out. Recently I learned out a product called GRINDZ that coffee shops use to clean their machines. It comes in pellet form similar to coffee beans and it takes just a capful to clean the grinder.

I bought it from Amazon. Since it has been around for over 80 years I decided to go with it rather than rice which some use as a cheaper alternative.

Cleaned the coffee residue right out of the machine. They say to run a handful of beans through the grinder after using the GRINDZ which I did. We’ve been using this Breville grinder to grind the beans for her morning coffee for eight years now and it is still going strong.

The Last Should Have Been The First

— Posted inEclectic, Travel — 1 min read

When recently checking on our travel RV, Sophie, we discovered the AC power had gone out. The breaker seemed to be okay which suggested the problem was ether the power cord, the surge protector, the transfer switch or something else.

Checking the power cord with a multi-tester showed it had mor problems.

That made me think the problem was the surge protector or transfer switch because after plugging the power cord back into the power pedestal there was still nor power to the RV as evidenced by the remote display not showing any readout.

After taking the many screws out to access the suspected culprits, it occurred to me that maybe the real problem was the 30 amp outlet itself. It turned out that was the case and later we learned from the people owning the nearby RV lots there had only ever been 50 amp RVs parked there. We are currently using a 50 amp to 30 amp adapter in the 50 amp outlet and all is well.