I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an
electronic on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the
only coffee drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then
later go back for the second one. About one third of the times I return
for the second, it has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second
coffee to cool.

Tesco agree it shouldn't do that and have agreed to replace it, but I
have spotted reviews which suggest it does this. I never bothered
reading the instructions and threw them away long since, but why would
it be designed to switch off at all?

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Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an
electronic on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the
only coffee drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then
later go back for the second one. About one third of the times I return
for the second, it has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second
coffee to cool.

Tesco agree it shouldn't do that and have agreed to replace it, but I
have spotted reviews which suggest it does this. I never bothered
reading the instructions and threw them away long since, but why would
it be designed to switch off at all?

energy saving - they all do it now.

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"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an
electronic on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the
only coffee drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then
later go back for the second one. About one third of the times I return
for the second, it has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second
coffee to cool.

Tesco agree it shouldn't do that and have agreed to replace it, but I
have spotted reviews which suggest it does this. I never bothered
reading the instructions and threw them away long since, but why would
it be designed to switch off at all?

energy saving - they all do it now.

And that's presumably why it has an electronic switch
and not a single mechanical switch, so it can do that.

On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:07:11 UTC, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an
electronic on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the
only coffee drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then
later go back for the second one. About one third of the times I return
for the second, it has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second
coffee to cool.

Thermos flask or equivalent. You can get coffee-pot shaped ones.

Owain

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an electronic
on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the only coffee
drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then later go back for
the second one. About one third of the times I return for the second, it
has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second coffee to cool.

Tesco agree it shouldn't do that and have agreed to replace it, but I have
spotted reviews which suggest it does this. I never bothered reading the
instructions and threw them away long since, but why would it be designed
to switch off at all?

This cheap stuff is hopeless. I paid £6 for a toaster, after a few minutes
it throws the bread out

On 09/02/2016 18:07, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an
electronic on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the
only coffee drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then
later go back for the second one. About one third of the times I return
for the second, it has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second
coffee to cool.

Tesco agree it shouldn't do that and have agreed to replace it, but I
have spotted reviews which suggest it does this. I never bothered
reading the instructions and threw them away long since, but why would
it be designed to switch off at all?

Coffee kept hot for more than a short time tastes disgusting? They are
trying to protect you.

It might even taste nicer if allowed to cool and simply heated up in a
microwave when you are ready for the second cup.

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Rod

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an
electronic on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the
only coffee drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then
later go back for the second one. About one third of the times I return
for the second, it has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second
coffee to cool.

Tesco agree it shouldn't do that and have agreed to replace it, but I
have spotted reviews which suggest it does this. I never bothered
reading the instructions and threw them away long since, but why would
it be designed to switch off at all?


Because it's designed on the basis that the coffees will be drunk
simultaneously by two different people.

Basically, you're using it wrong. ;-)

Tim

Tim+ formulated the question :
Because it's designed on the basis that the coffees will be drunk
simultaneously by two different people.

Basically, you're using it wrong. ;-)

I agree that if I left it on for an extended period, then it has tasted
disgusting, but this is a matter of 20 minutes. I drink my two small
coffees within those minutes. So it is by design then, but turning off
just too soon to accommodate my use?

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

:-)
This is the new improved model with the siesta forced rest mode built in?
Brian

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an electronic
on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the only coffee
drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then later go back for
the second one. About one third of the times I return for the second, it
has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second coffee to cool.

Tesco agree it shouldn't do that and have agreed to replace it, but I have
spotted reviews which suggest it does this. I never bothered reading the
instructions and threw them away long since, but why would it be designed
to switch off at all?

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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I bought a £10 Tesco coffee machine in November, which uses an electronic
on/off push button, rather than a mechanical switch. I'm the only coffee
drinker here and make myself two coffees, drink one then later go back for
the second one. About one third of the times I return for the second, it
has turned itself off perhaps allowing to second coffee to cool.

Is it the Tesco PCM15 this is the only one I could find close to your price
:-
http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-pc...r/781-4654.prd
or http://tinyurl.com/jyyoyat

That's a good price, you should have bought 2 (before they went
out-of-stock).
I've only read the 5 reviews on page 1 but Review 3 states "auto cut-off
after 40 mins".

What keeps the model's "warming plate" warm during the first 40 mins ? If
the water heating element fixed in the base and the warming plate is made of
say, brass, then the residual heat in the heating element, MIGHT keep the
coffee warm for 40 mins?

The amount of brass required to keep 1 litre of coffee warm for 40 mins,
would be too costly? So I would suggest - after the pump has forced water up
into the top of the filter (first 5 - 10 mins operation) then a cheapo
thermostat keeps the base mounted element hot for the next 30 mins until the
auto cut-off kicks in. So maybe the cheapo stat is stuck in the Off
position?

As the PCM15 is OOS, the best Tesco can do is give you a refund? You may
have a different model to the PCM15 but I guess they all work on the same
principle.