Saeco Talea Giro Plus failing on 30-45% of pulls

[scotty]

I have a refurbished Saeco Talea Giro Plus. It's been about 4 years since I purchased it. I've found the unit pretty dependable, but lately, it's been wasting somewhere between 30-50% of the grinds. Nothing sounds amiss, it just grinds the coffee and doesn't really even try to press it. It just dumps it into the waste bin.

It seems that if I stop it mid-grind, that my odds of getting a successful pull go up. I've not done this hack enough times and it so it can totally be a fluke. Maybe I just feel like I'm in greater control.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

 

[Espresso68]

I have the same machine..Love it. A couple of things to keep in mind never,ever use oily beans they will gum up your machine.Check your grind setting have you changed it lately,have you set it too fine? Ensure you rescale the machine at least every two months more often if you are not using filtered water. Use only medium to med/dark roasted coffee. Hope this helps.

 

[Espresso68]

Did the above recommendations solve your grinding problems?

 

[wseltzer]

My machine has this problem, too.
I've tested the magnetic hall-effect sensor in the grinder motor assembly. It's sending pulses as expected.
I've read that the controller monitors the grinder motor current to determine if it is actually grinding beans.
I haven't attempted to diagnose that circuit.
But, at this point I'm stuck. It sure it would interesting if the machine had some diagnostics that indicated why it's dumping the ground coffee.

Meanwhile, I'm using this machine with bypass mode with ground coffee only; not using the grinder.