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I can’t remember if I’ve asked this before - has anyone tried to plumb their Gaggia Classic (or similar) into the mains water instead of keep filling the tank manually? Or have you seen it on the internet?
I’ve been thinking how this might be possible now I have a permanent spot for my machine in my new kitchen but I don’t think it’s straightforward. I think it needs to use the existing tank with a float to shut the supply off. I don’t think I can go directly to the boiler inlet just as it is because the pump OPV needs to dump off the bypassed water somewhere. If I went direct, I think I’d need to add a second solenoid to prevent the 2 Bar of mains pressure pushing through the system, and the OPV would probably have to dump it’s water directly into the waste. How do permanently plumbed-in domestic machines like the built-in Krups etc usually do this?