Smeg EGF03 keys 11 and 12 flashing fast: grinder overheated or clogged
The EGF03 grinder has a thermal cutout.
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- Grinder and beans
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What Keys 11 and 12 flash quickly
actually means.
The EGF03 grinder has a thermal cutout. Grinding for a long stretch, or grinding into a blockage, trips it, and the two grind keys flash quickly until it cools or is cleared. A slower flash of the same keys means the bean container is missing or not fitted.
Smeg coffee machine display · also shown as grinder keys flashing fast
What to do when Keys 11 and 12 flash quickly shows on the coffee machineKind of codeGrinder and beans
The grinder ran and too little came through, or it did not run at all: the hopper is empty, an oily or flavored bean is bridging over the burrs, a small stone or a clump has jammed them, or the burrs themselves are worn so the grind has turned coarse. Topping up with dry, plain beans and letting the machine try again clears most of it; a grinder that clicks, hums or stays silent with a full hopper needs its burrs and motor checked.
Usually leads toCoffee machine grinder repair
Clearing and renewing the burr grinder: jammed beans, a stone between the burrs, worn burrs, and the motor and gearbox that turn them.
Shows up asWhat a Coffee Machine Error Code or Warning Symbol Means
A coffee machine error code may show as a short string of letters and numbers, a flashing symbol for water, grounds or the brew unit, a short sentence on a text display, or a machine that stops with one light blinking.
MakeSmeg
A Smeg espresso machine is repaired at the owner's kitchen counter after a single test shot shows where the trouble begins.
SourceSmeg EGF03 manual espresso machine with grinder user manual (linked from the US EGF03BLUS page)
Smeg EGF03 manual espresso machine with built-in grinder (US EGF03BLUS and other colors). It signals by flashing its numbered keys; the numbers follow the manual's control diagram.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Smeg's own guidance for Keys 11 and 12 flash quickly on its coffee machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press one of the flashing keys and let the grinder rest to cool.
Check the bean container is seated and holds plain roasted beans.
If the keys flash again at the next grind, the grinder chute is likely packed; book a visit rather than opening the grinder yourself.
Still there?
It usually turns into coffee machine grinder repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
A slow flash of the same two keys is the bean-container alarm, not the cutout. The pressure gauge reading is not part of this signal.
What you may
notice with it.
The coffee machine problems Keys 11 and 12 flash quickly tends to arrive with. Answer these at the coffee machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Keys 11 and 12 flash quickly usually leads
Coffee machine grinder repair.
Smeg
coffee machines.
A Smeg espresso machine is repaired at the owner's kitchen counter after a single test shot shows where the trouble begins.
Smeg coffee machine repairMore Smeg codes
Grinder and beans on other makes
Built-in coffee system
The coffee machine set flush into a tall kitchen cabinet, filled from a water tank behind its front, grinding beans and brewing each cup on its own before sliding out on rails for service.
Countertop espresso machine
The fully automatic bean-to-cup machine that stands on the counter, grinding, tamping, brewing and frothing at the touch of a key, with its tank, hopper and grounds drawer all reached from the top and the front.
Manual espresso machine
The home espresso machine with a portafilter you fill and lock in by hand, a pump and a boiler or thermoblock inside, and a steam wand for milk you froth yourself.
In Smeg's own words
The coffee grinder has been used for too long and the temperature block has activated or it is clogged.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Smeg EGF03 manual espresso machine with built-in grinder (US EGF03BLUS and other colors). It signals by flashing its numbered keys; the numbers follow the manual's control diagram.
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Questions
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Keys 11 and 12 flash quickly?
Three things make the booking useful: the message or number exactly as the display showed it, the full model number from the plate, and whether the machine still grinds and pours at all. Send those and the likely part can be looked up before the van leaves.