RobLockyear wrote:Thanks Bruce. The machine is advertised as LPG powered but I will definitely drop them a line.
Rob, as strange as it sounds, LPG is not always LPG. Throughout the world "bottled gas" varies in consistency and in burning properties. In addition to propane and butane it may contain isobutanes, propenes, isobutenes and butenes.
I bought a Miele cooking hob for the kitchen and it came set up for natural gas, but had a set of LPG jets that worked terribly. I called Miele and told them the numbers of the jets and they said that those were meant only for South America and they sent me the proper set for northern Europe. The orifices of the European ones were smaller and worked better. I don't know if that is of any significance to you or not.
On the other hand I remember our deceased friend Danny McNulty saying that few espresso machines worked well with gas. He used one in his first cart, but always looked for an electric hookup because the boiler heated much faster on electric.