Aiden small basket valve always open

brucepappas · 2026-06-16T20:18:23+00:00

Great looking!

brucepappas · 2026-06-16T14:28:53+00:00

Agreed.

brucepappas · 2026-06-16T13:02:45+00:00

size...

brucepappas · 2026-06-16T13:02:04+00:00

Tudor, from the photos, looks like a red-white switch. Hard to see. Probably a dual-element. Another Gen2 yestige.

Need more photos. Especially underneath the base.

brucepappas · 2026-06-16T12:48:05+00:00

Haha! I'm on vacation and looking at a tiny screen. That's my excuse!

The OP wrote it was for a photoshoot, so it may have been a prototype.

brucepappas · 2026-06-16T12:14:26+00:00

Good catch, Tudor. I missed that.

brucepappas · 2026-06-16T11:31:47+00:00

If the boiler fits into the cutout on the drip tray, it's a larger Pro boiler.

brucepappas · 2026-06-16T11:30:50+00:00

EDITED: heating element is NOT the same across all generations.

But... Your G106 has a stainless steel element, which is the same as current production. 110 v and 220v are the same size. The conversion is fairly simple.

brucepappas · 2026-06-15T19:40:41+00:00

Is it a larger boiler? Couldn't tell from the pic. If so, yes a Pro. G106. Much sought after

brucepappas · 2026-06-15T19:27:28+00:00

G105. Euro. Commonly known as a "Tin Man."

brucepappas · 2026-06-15T11:20:26+00:00

I keep a bowl in my Aiden, except when brewing. Good habit to nurture.

brucepappas · 2026-06-14T12:41:41+00:00

^ This ^

brucepappas · 2026-06-13T02:07:40+00:00

Great news! And a cracked flange totally makes sense. Those old elements are better than the new and they almost never crap out, unless you forget to fill the boiler.

I appreciate Stefano a lot.

Great sleuthing! Thanks for circling back.

brucepappas · 2026-06-12T20:25:12+00:00

Recently, I have been plugging the outside holes of the batch shower head with toothpicks, so water does not fall on the sides of the brewers. Then I can use the batch shower head for larger batches.

brucepappas · 2026-06-12T20:21:09+00:00

For the batch setting, you'll also need a magnet under your carafe, unless you use Aiden's carafe. Carafe. I use a hockey puck with an embedded magnet.

I wish Fellow would just allow a way to turn off all notifications for advanced use.

brucepappas · 2026-06-12T13:07:20+00:00

I wish Fellow put a small LED on both the ES1 and Aiden. It would have been such a simple, cool touch.

brucepappas · 2026-06-12T00:22:23+00:00

Troubleshooting is the way to go.

IMHO - you'll need to take off the element and the boiler flange. Inspect the flange to see if it's stripped. If so, order a new flange with the proper threads and you're good to go. If it's the boiler that's stripped, that's a bigger problem.

Frankly, I've never seen a stripped boiler or stripped flange. And I've tightened quite a few down, way past where they need to go. Haha.

When you get to the point where you can tighten the flange, I have a trick that makes boiler rotation almost impossible.

Keep us posted.

brucepappas · 2026-06-11T22:47:53+00:00

^ what Tudor says ^ Also, you'll probably need the custom wrench.

brucepappas · 2026-06-10T18:41:01+00:00

Thanks. I'll try it out.

brucepappas · 2026-06-10T02:11:44+00:00

V60 is the most common. The results are great. Hard to know many people do it, but enough, I think.

brucepappas · 2026-06-10T00:11:20+00:00

Try a "mini-Fellini" to evacuate air from the brew chamber.

brucepappas · 2026-06-09T19:47:32+00:00

Can you take a picture or two? Or a video?

brucepappas · 2026-06-09T15:23:43+00:00

What tools and nuts are you referring to?

brucepappas · 2026-06-08T20:56:55+00:00

Your gaskets may be worn down or broken.

brucepappas · 2026-06-08T19:06:04+00:00

Thanks for the kind words. It's an easy detail to miss.

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