TROUBLE-SHOOTING YOUR SUNBE AM¨ COFFEE MAKER

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

PROBABLE CAUSE

ON LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE

• Unplugged

 

• Power outage

 

 

COFFEE IS NOT BREWING

• Unplugged

 

• Power outage

 

• The water reservoir is empty;

 

check water window

 

• The filter basket door is not properly inserted

 

• Carafe lid is not placed all the way

 

on the warming plate

 

 

COFFEE MAKER ONLY BREWS WATER

• No grounds in filter basket

 

 

COFFEE MAKER BREWS SLOWLY

• Coffee Maker needs decalcifying

 

 

FILTER BASKET OVERFLOWS

• The filter basket is not properly inserted

 

• Carafe is not placed all the way

 

on the warming plate

 

• Carafe lid not on carafe

 

• Too many grounds placed in filter

 

• Carafe was removed from warming plate

 

longer than 30 seconds

 

 

BURNING COFFEE SMELL

• Empty carafe was left on hot warming plate

 

• Coffee was spilled on a warming plate

 

 

COFFEE IS NOT HOT

• Power outage

 

1-hour automatic shut-off was activated

 

(Some Models Only)

 

 

COFFEE TASTES BAD

• Coffee grounds other than for automatic

 

drip coffee maker were used

 

Grounds-to-water ratio was unbalanced

 

 

GROUNDS ARE IN COFFEE

• Paper filter not properly seated in basket

 

• Filter overflowed

 

 

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Sunbeam 3279 Coffee is not Brewing, Burning Coffee Smell, Coffee is not HOT, Coffee Tastes BAD, Grounds are in Coffee

3279, 3278 specifications

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