Unplugging it overnight when it starts to act up seems to work the best for me. It’s a 5 minute unplug versus a 10 hour unplug so who cares?
Hamilton Beach FlexBrew reset, is there even a proper way?
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Unplugging it overnight when it starts to act up seems to work the best for me. It’s a 5 minute unplug versus a 10 hour unplug so who cares?
This is how I fix it. Set and forget it.
What surprised me about the Flexbrew coffee maker was that the firmware did not have brownout detection built in. If it were a $50 coffee maker the MCU would have this built in. I’d think Hamilton beach would have saved a few cent on a $40 coffee maker by not setting it up properly so that they could teach grandma how to unplug it for 5 minutes.
Is there any way to tell from the outside of the coffee maker what kind of MCU they used in the Flexbrew? I’m interested in knowing if it was a common brand like a PIC or one of the generic Chinese brands.
Is there any way to tell from the outside of the coffee maker what kind of MCU they used in the Flexbrew? I’m interested in knowing if it was a common brand like a PIC or one of the generic Chinese brands.
It is the no-name 8 bit microcontroller that is under that blob of epoxy on the Flexbrew coffee maker’s circuit board. It could be either a Holtek or a Sonix brand so not the most common PIC but not one of the Chinese brands either. I’m pretty sure it is not a common brand since that would make the coffee maker more expensive at around $100.
Five to ten minutes for un-plugging the Flexbrew coffee maker seems to be the advice from someone who tried this solution and it worked once so they are sharing this information with others who come to these forum for answers.
Five to ten minutes for un-plugging the Flexbrew coffee maker seems to be the advice from someone who tried this solution and it worked once so they are sharing this information with others who come to these forum for answers.
Another reason for the 10 minutes may come from old CRT and TV repair instructions that said you had to wait for the big electrolytic capacitors to discharge. This is old information being shared with individuals for new appliances.