A machine clean is required to keep all of the internal pipe work and brewer unit clear of coffee grind build up and ensuring the coffee is able to flow correctly through the machine. This should be completed every 180 drinks produced.
How to check how many machine cleans your machine has completed:
1/ Press the clock in the centre panel
2/ Select Machine Settings, Green icon on left panel
3/ Scroll to the second screen using the arrows on the bottom of the left panel
4a/Select Counter on the left panel, followed by Maintenance Counter on the middle panel
4b/ The statistics will be shown on the panel to the right. The "Clean" total is the amount of machine cleans this machine has received in its life cycle. This number can not be deleted. Make a note of how many machine cleans have been completed..
5/ The "Milk Clean" total is how many milk cleans this machine has completed in its life cycle. This should be completed every day the machine is used with milk.
For example if the machine is 1 year's old, and its been used every day then there should be 365 milk cleans
How to check the total amount of drinks your machine has produced:
1/ Press the clock in the centre panel
2/ Select Machine Settings, Green icon on left panel
3/ Scroll to the second screen using the arrows on the bottom of the left panel
4a/Select Counter on the left panel, followed by Product Counter on the middle panel
3/ The Panel on the right will display"Product Counter", this is the total amount of drinks that have been made on the machine. This cannot be deleted. Make a note of how many drinks the machine had produced.
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To check if your machine is being cleaned on average every 180 drinks, divide the amount of drinks produced by the amount of machine cleans it has completed.
If your machine has completed a machine clean on average every 180 drinks or less, than your machine is being cleaned regularly enough.
However, if your machine clean average is over 180 drinks per clean you could be experiencing poor tasting coffee, machine reliability issues that is effecting the machine performance and will also be voiding your machines warranty.
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