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Since my post I opened the vacuum breaker and do see that the boiler is filled with water now. This means that upon starting the first time, the boiler may have tried to heat up dry. As far as my understanding goes, that shouldn't have happened. Perhaps that initial cycle of dry heat my have created...

I purchased a 10 year old used Mini Vivaldi 2 recently with a known issue (I did purchase at a deep discount to offset the risks). It came with a 15A/20A converter. I planned to use it with the converter as I don't have the 20A outlet. The 15/20A switch does not have a label but it's set to the posi...