NESPRESSO ESSENZA MINI COFFEE MACHINE - Not Working - Trying to FIX

Hi, here we have a coffee maker which is not working. It powers on, but no water is pumped through it. I purchased it faulty on eBay, let's see if it can be fixed.
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Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.

[@Mymatevince]

Spoiler Saver & Riddle Q: What 4 letter English word can be written upside down, forward or backwards, and can still be read normally from left to right? Hint, it is when written as CAPITALS

[@Mymatevince]

@Fix it Phil Spoiler Good attempt Phil, but SEES doesn't read correct when upside down. The 'E' is wrong. So it needs to look the same upside down as it does the right way up. For example 'O' looks the same 😁👍👍

[@Mezo_bezo]

ITS OOOO

[@user-bb7iq1xo1o]

@@Mezo_bezo XD

[@MTGUnscrewed]

NOON?

[@mentalunicorn9567]

BOOB

[@StezStixFix]

I've just been given a broken one of these! I haven't had time to look at it yet, but it's very possibly going to be the same fault! 😊

[@Mymatevince]

It will be interesting to see Steve. At least you won't be testing the fuse for capacitance like me!!!!!!

[@StezStixFix]

😁 haha, yeah I'll try to remember if I get that far! It looked like a bit of a nightmare to get into, giving me horrible flashbacks to that printer I did! 🙃

[@Mymatevince]

@@StezStixFix Yeah, that printer looked horrendous, not only cut knuckle material and numerous clips, but every surface in a 2m radius covered with ink fingerprints!

[@TheCod3r]

Nespresso coffee machine repair? Now that's my cup of tea... 😁

[@mentalunicorn9567]

Oof

[@JohnDoe-dq1wt]

☕

[@gavincoop10]

Budunk

[@sepgorut2492]

That joke takes the (rich tea) biscuit.

[@Mymatevince]

🤣🤣

[@jaredl2239]

Shout out to MMV Massive and patreon supporters for making these great videos possible!

[@chriseyebee]

When you were leaning in to look for the pump, I leaned in closer to my monitor to look for it too. Hahaha. Talk about an engaging video.

[@Mymatevince]

Hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣👍👍

[@theoddjobcentre6686]

@@Mymatevince I have a tassimo used every single day but it stops and shows a water empty light if its empty only thing is when I put water in to the tank it dribbles out when I'm filling it up as I don't remove the water tank because it's hard to

[@flintytheraccbold]

Keep going strong Vincent! Your channel proves that anybody could try to fix things Your what inspired me to repair things in my house

[@tidydj]

Hi Vince. Just wanted to say 'Hi' and let you know that I've been watching your videos for just over a year now. They're truly fascinating and I've learned a lot. You've inspired me to do my own repairs around the house. So far, I've managed to fix an Echo Dot (faulty speaker connection) and soldered a new jack onto a set of DJ headphones. This week I made my first 'faulty', eBay purchase and bought a Stanton RM3s Mixer. Description is 'possible spill damage & no power'. Cannot wait to get involved. All the best Vince. Keep up the great work - Terry.

[@thomasesr]

That first thing you took out is a flow meter, that is how it senses how much coffee to pour. It measures how much water went through by spinning the flow blades with a magnet near the hal effect sensor and by counting how many pulses it senses.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Thomas 👍

[@coolelectronics1759]

its always great to be able to get/give yourself a treat out of the appliance you just fixed! Me last summer when I restored a microwave and got to cook up a nice meal with it after all my hard work to test it out. So satisfying and shows it doesnt have to be a throwaway society afterall!

[@BoomChockolaca]

Great work Vince! Always love when a small thing breaks and you can fix it with 5 quid part. Cheers for fixing this machine and speading the word.

[@henryekblom4937]

These My Mate VINCE videos are always so inspiring. Well done again! Really crazy that a component worth few quids can make a device worth hundreds of pounds/euros completely useless. From an ecological standpoint this is exactly what should be done more in this world we live in.

[@tomaskorenek1259]

used to be like that in the past, would say 60s 70s all devices worth somethign were made servicable/repairable however recent world economy focused on purely consuming / buying new things got rid of that idea, really shamefull as all we do is only producing more waste for world

[@GadgetUK164]

Excellent! Very enjoyable! Nightmare those darn plastic clips!!!

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks mate 🤣 They're a proper pain!

[@MarcinZienkowicz]

I want you to know that thanks to your video I have just fixed my little (sentimental one) nespresso coffee machine. Thank you!!! ♥

[@Daniel-dl6fp]

Great fix vince surely was an interesting one as a coffee lover and loving to repair electronics I truly enjoyed this video I never knew about a thermal fuse so this was a great video keep up the amazing work

[@bertlzansinger]

After my machine popped out a day as well, I took your vid as an instruction. I replaced the thermal fuse of my machine. Recognized a broken SMD on the plating later. Ordered a new platine (called electronic board), which enabled to switch the machine on again. But the pump refrained to work. Lastly I ordered a new pump as well. Applied it today: Eureka! The machine works again. All in all, almost as expensive as buying a second-hand one, but I learned a hell of stuff... You made that possible. Thanks a million, Vince!

[@chilledmax7618]

Thanks vince been waiting for a coffee maker one!

[@Klippy]

I have one of these, makes 3 to 4 lungos a day. Interesting to see how it works and and if it should fail I am confident to take it apart now. Great vid, love the variation in items on your channel.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Sebastian 👍👍

[@navinadv]

@Klippy you are indeed lucky. My wife used to travel a lot especially pre covid and almost every hotel would have a Nespresso machine. When covid restrictions finally ended about 2 years ago, we bought a Essenza Mini (along with 300 pods) for our home. It never worked properly. We googled several sites, tried descaling it, resetting it, pressed every button combination that was mentioned. We called Nespresso, spent more on service than we spent on the new machine but no luck. We made a total of 10 cups of coffee after maybe a grad total of 6-7 hours of trying. Finally the Nespresso machine and 290 pods ended up being gifted to a electronics and plastic recycling center and we swore never to buy ANYTHING from Nespresso ever again.

[@UltimatelyEverything]

I love my coffee and this makes me happy and it's very satisfying to see it working pretty much perfect good work with this one Vince you did a great job with it another massive thumbs up from me.

[@HavingFunRepairs]

Good find with the thermal fuse Vince! Also, welcome to the fidgety hand club 😂. The vibratory pump (solenoid valve) are common in a lot of consumer goods such as irons, coffee makers, steamers, and carpet cleaners. I did a video last year (November) on a Hoover carpet cleaner. If interested I tried to explain (to the best of my ability) how those pumps work. Yours is a wee bit different, but should be similar in function.

[@Mymatevince]

🤣 My knuckles have only just recovered! I will check out your video later on. Thank you, looking forward to it 👍👍

[@HavingFunRepairs]

@@Mymatevince no worries.

[@epsilonzero77]

I wonder if there was a tiny something and/or air that prevented the plunger from closing and the coil started to overheat as the inrush can stay high without the correct travel . I’ve looked a fair few pumps in fog and haze machines and sometimes just stripping the pump and putting it back together clears it. It could have been the tiniest bit of scale or grit, you wouldn’t perhaps notice. Funny you should mention a syringe. Recharging the lines by sucking the glycol fluid through is not pleasant and I got a syringe for this very job.

[@HavingFunRepairs]

@@epsilonzero77 it's possible and the heat generated in that section, without water assisting to displace it, could have been what cause the thermal fuse to open. You are right, a lot of times a small amount of scale is the problem. However I have come across a few where the resistance of the coil windings was the culprit and a strong enough magnetic field could not be generated to actuate the plunger.

[@tombashan1]

Thank you Vince! your video is one of the only ones showing the whole process! It really helped me fix my EN85.b essenza mini, even though it's not exactly like yours.

[@standishgeezer]

Was screaming Nooooo! at you when you said "solder it in". The clue is in the word 'thermal'. 🤣 Still, good learning experience and you had a pack of 5 fuses to play with.

[@Mymatevince]

🤣🤣

[@saturnuria1217]

Wait til this video goes public Vince… You’ll be bombarded with coffee advice, I’m sure. I went with the Tassimo system… well, it was given to me. Highlight of lockdown has been working from my home office and having the little machine and a selection of pods behind me. Definitely one of the best gadgets in my house.

[@Mymatevince]

They are very addictive, even the little pods look such high quality. I find myself making time each day to have a little coffee!!!!! I've had a full size faulty coffee machine waiting to be looked at for over a year. I have the motivation to do it now. Cheers Garry 👍👍👍

[@stephenjones5079]

Great fix for a really nice little coffee machine, excellent repair.

[@Jesuslife39]

Vinces sense of humor is priceless now we ate gonna be checking your hands in the future to see about rhat coffee addiction lol and ya this stuff is expensive my wife loves her coffee machines this is why I love Amazon well another good video

[@tonyhenriques3978]

Brilliant! I had exactly the same fault in my machine! Fixed with your help!

[@mikegooglemainaccount6854]

Great. Mine doesn't have the same problem, it just pumps out more water into the drip tray than coffee, so I wanted to open it up to see what's what. This video is exactly what I needed to have the confidence to dismantle (and, of course, reassemble) it. Thanks a lot

[@kcmando1]

Very good tutorial, i had an issue with mine, same model, as I have very hard water it was obstructed is several positions. unplugging every tube and checking all the components as shown in the video is a useful trick. Using a declacification kit is always a plus, if not having one of thouse around, a good soak in vinegar overnight of the parts does the trick(specially with the flowmeter and the filter dish) 10/10

[@sirena7116]

I bought one of these about a year ago and wondered how it works. Now I know! I don't use it much for the same reasons as you've discovered, the capsules are quite expensive.

[@colinfielder6695]

I know I'm an "old bugga" but coffee machine that has a factory reset! What an age we live in! Interesting fix, Keep up the great videos Vince

[@dawn5227]

I got given a tassimo machine 3 years ago for Xmas, its been used everyday one of the best things ever. Didnt drink coffee at all until I got that. Now it my go to hot drink.

[@robertschuil4270]

Thanks for the superb explanation! I managed to exchange the thermal fuse and it works again.

[@enrico-yl1nl]

Congratulations! Thanks to your tutorial step by step, I repaired my Nespresso machine. My best compliments, and THANK YOU.

[@janek7025]

Mine had just broke. It was very helpful to see this clip. When you know what to look for it was easy to check what happened to the one I have. And bingoooo… To check termal fuse there is no need to disassemble everything. Top and back is enough for replacing the fuse eigher. Great video. Thank you.

[@jeroendejong5245]

You just saved another coffee machine. Excellent description and an easy fix. But they should have created better connectors for the fuse. Also did the wrap around and solder trick with the extra tip to cool the fuse. That deserves a 🍺 😉👍🏻 Keep up the good work

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Jeroen, very kind of you👌👍👍👍👍

[@AnonymousRepair]

Nice repair, you could use some needle nose pliers on the leads to draw away the heat while soldering the thermal fuse, Thermal fuses has a life span the repeated cycling kills the fuse after sometime

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks for the info and tip AR 👍👍

[@craigybhoy978]

Oh nice, great wee machine. i used to work in their customer service a few years ago. Definitely blew the TF running it with no water. Yes pods can be very wasteful but if you buy from them direct they give you recycle bags for the used pods and they recycle them . hope you keep the machine ,its one of the better models

[@termisium3706]

Now that is a wholesome great video. Love what you are creating vince.

[@Ashleigh_456]

Finally a device that I own that I can fix if it breaks! Thanks Vince!

[@ryanmckim9501]

Wow, great job 👍 fixing that mini coffee machine.

[@R-E-D-A-C-T-E-D.]

Another absolute banger! Great video vince!

[@flusensieb244]

Can't wait for the next coffee break fix.

[@jpbruce4836]

great video, helped me repair my machine. The thermal fuse was also blown, never would have thought about it without you :)

[@colin1729]

Great repair taking much thought. Really needed a cup of coffee half way thru. Hmm you now can.👍

[@ftrueck]

These pumps are fairily ingenious. They work like a classic "ding-dong" door bell. A electro-magnetic coil gets active because of electricity applied to it. It then pushes the metal cylinder away. The spring pushes it back. So you have a forth and back swing which allows to pump the water.

[@2wheelz420]

Wow I was wondering how that thing worked, very Kool

[@StevenIngram]

Ah the coffee porn at the end. Now I'm dying for a cup. :D

[@aor3200]

Great video and learned something new here. Thanks!

[@fixit2747]

Hi vince it's just like mine if you hold the buttons down during filling small or large you should be able to set the level of water that flows through release button when it's at the level you want it. Awesome video at least I will know what to do if mine brakes.

[@TravisStamper]

Thanks for the vid Vince. I would have probably done the same thing, not use to many thermal fuses. Great work as always. Oh and never, I repeat never change the intro music, lol

[@CaptainBazza]

Thanks mate, this is a very helpful video. I’m about to pull ours apart.

[@CTCTraining1]

Oh Krups! look at the price of the capsules!! 😀. Well done Vince. BTW - If you have a look around you can find very thin ferrules to crimp on when soldering isn’t possible. Keep up the great work 👍

[@brutlern]

"Hopefully it will come out brown" - Hehehe... The chuckles are real.

[@VVerVVurm]

now that's a sentence you don't hear very often ;)

[@der-andyman]

Hey Vince, after fixing a DeLonghi Magnifica, I can name myself a coffee machine noob XD The white thing you mistook for the pump earlier in the video is a flow meter. You could have opened it by twisting, but there is just a wheel inside with a magnet on top somewhere. You see, the machine has to know how much water has flowed through, so it can stop itself after a given amount of water. This is done by this little flow meter. And yes, it works inductive. Very nice video, I always enjoy watching them. Greetings, Andreas.

[@SidneyCritic]

Usually you clamp the lead to heatsink the heat traveling up to the part. The water column of the tank usually positive feeds the pump, ie, primes it.

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Thank you this one is awsome!!!!

[@Mymatevince]

Cheers Anders 👍

[@mymidschoollife8485]

I had one of these with the same issue. It was such a ball ache to get apart I threw it in the bin. I've never seen such an unrepairable device in my entire life.

[@ahmadawalluddin8711]

even i feel satisfied hearing the vibration wow you such an incredible troubleshooter.

[@tomaszski9818]

Impressive, great deductive abilities!

[@MikeB_UK]

Nice. Just for ref, anything subject to vibration gets crimped electrical joints and not soldered. This mainly why that thermal fuse was crimped in. It is also why car electrics use crimp connectors, as solder joints break with vibration. A good crimp or wire wrap connection is just as good as soldering believe it or not.

[@davidc6459]

Another great vid, keep up the good work.

[@adsjones1984]

Love that the bugle player has been sacked but got to admit I missed the musical tone. Job centre for him then! Another great video Vince 👍 thank you for providing so much entertainment to me and many others

[@ficklampa]

Yeah, that white thing you blew in is a flow sensor… and when crimping/clamping the metals fuse together which is why you had issues removing the fuse.

[@Theukaccord]

Nice video again bud, these thermal fuses fail quite a bit, its the same reason why alot of rice cookers fail. A very simple fix for the rice cooker too if you know what to look for.

[@TerroxNL79]

Great fix mate!

[@AeiKei]

Proper fix as always.

[@pavelbetak7940]

Thank you for the video. You saved my coffee machine.

[@Rizko505]

Great job vince👍 Why would they make the thermal fuse cut off the pump with the cooling water, instead of the actual heater that just keeps getting hotter and hotter. I've never seen a Coffeemachine not having safety in the heating element.

[@russellwatson3686]

Great video as always Vince, cheers :))

[@GhostReaper2043]

Nice fix Vince. Now that kinda catchy lol keep up the good work looking forward to the next one. When is the next season of the ebay repair/fix it challenge?

[@leovbernardo]

Great job!!

[@sinetico3]

Muchas gracias amigo. La arreglé!!!! Un abrazo desde Chile

[@MrKeebs]

Ha, is that the new knucleberry Nespresso signature flavor? :-) Awesome fix my friend, lovely video.

[@Mymatevince]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks Felipe 👍

[@leewmlee]

There are now solid state temperature switch which can act like a thermal fuse except that when the temperature goes back to normal, continuity is re-established. With a thermal fuse, once temperature exceeds the specs, continuity is cut off and one has to replace it. I had an old rice cooker which "eats" thermal fuses until I replaced it with a temperature switch. They are about the same size.

[@RicardoAccioly]

I have the same machine and it is working but the water quantity that come out is the same no matter which size I order. It used to be correct but now it's like it only comes out a shot... :( any ideas on what could be?

[@cristianplaesu3624]

Thank you, very useful to put it back.

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

Nice one! I newer saw a coffee machine from the inside and all that stopped it frommworking was a tiny little fuse. As they are mostly not worth repairing imagine how many of them were thrown away....

[@stickyprickle]

Love the fact you are not really a coffee drinker and you just got it to have a tinker - hopefully the great tasting coffee will win you over

[@1969longshanks]

Great video Vince, have a look at the delonghi dedica, lots of faulty ones on eBay, no thermal Fuses that I can see, much easier to take apart. My pump is working but no clue why it's not working

[@LJMcGuireDesign]

I’m glad you did this so I don’t have to! Still not sure why mine isn’t working but I’m not as mechanically clever as you are!

[@shlomoyona935]

Hello Vincent, thank you for this video😄I went step by step with it and succeed to disassemble the same coffee machine. The problem with my machine is the heating element I think, when I plug the electrical cord to the electricity the Depreciation breaker jump and shut down the house power electrical. Any Idea how to repair it? Do I need to replace the all element?thanks for your help reply 🙏😄

[@garylui3789]

Thank you, your video helped 👍🏻

[@SamDZ]

love this

[@2wheelz420]

Great video love this kind of thing, mine isn’t broke but if it does break I know how to disassemble it. Thanks

[@ellensburgamplifier]

Excellent troubleshooting yet once again Vince! So I have to ask, are your parts bins getting full from all these parts you have ordered over the years? Thank you again!

[@dr-gaberibrahim5268]

Great job Vince

[@Tim_3100]

Ooh another fix video 🥰

[@mattyfupepper]

I stand in solidarity with the Bugle Union Local 778. I tend to have your videos on in the background and when I heard the shoutout to the MMV massive without the sound I looked up and the writing totally got a laugh :-)

[@zabo786]

30:24 imagining Vince trying to micro solder after consuming 3 pods 👋👋👋😂

[@EarlKuOnly]

good job

[@GetMoreMellow]

Hi Vince, was busy fixing same, your clip was helpful, I noted that yours was heating up but no working pump. I'd replaced the green printed electronic plate, sadly, it wasn't the cause. I almost bought a new pump and a few fuses but thought, let me test the pump by connecting it directly so not through the machine, but with two wires. It turned out to be working. I then realised since my thermoblock did not get hot at all, that it must be broken. Got a new one, and while installing it, I discovered the old one was hard to remove as the thick rubbers (two) one either side of the thermo, had melted to the thermo, I had to drill out the largest hole, and finally got the back cover off, so from that I knew the thermo had become very, very hot. Connected new thermo, tested, and machine worked. Conclusions: 1) if the thermo works but the pump does not, it is highly likely that the pump is damaged in some way, like your one was, with blown fuse 2) If the thermo does not work ''the pump will not switch on'', therefore one should never assume the pump is broken if it has not been tested separately. I bought a few secondhand machines (10 euros each), different ones, online, and was able to exchange some of the parts. Nespresso Essenza Mini uses the same thermoblock and pump as the KRUPS XN110B and other models too.

[@brunoflores1360]

Fantastic trick!

[@dodgydruid]

Don't throw old pods away, you can refill them and use them over and over using a food grade sealant to bung the lower hole or I saw someone suggested clean wax to seal and a tape to seal the top when you have refilled with your favourite coffee. Plenty of vids out there and ground coffee is cheap as chips. I gave ours away as I discovered Taylors of Harrogate did my favourite coffee "Hot Java Lava" in coffee bags and its a mental strong coffee and very nice with a dash o' cream and some dark demorara sugar :)

[@ktaragorn]

I had one with a similar problem(water leaking from the bottom) that I fixed by just moving a tube a little tighter, and only yesterday ended up selling it

[@fdfmad]

Another successfull fix for vince!!

[@amykhiry873]

Thank you for your video!!1

[@yvonneduffy6812]

Well done !

[@user-cz2jy7br6x]

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[@nickwhite4632]

Ooh fancy! Cracked me up!

[@borgred]

Very nice fix

[@LEECHINLEONG0705]

Nice this good video

[@samerabdullah1607]

Good job 👏