What Ira says makes sense. Perhaps a better way to drain the brew boiler would be to remove the drain plug. I have descaled my Brewtus I half a dozen times and my pump is still fine. Perhaps I am just tempting fate. Kitt do you have any suggestions?
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Ben McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, understood. I monitored this closely. Not something I'd do on a > regular basis to be sure. > bmc > "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > > > > > From: Ira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:43:09 -0700 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Holy Lemon Drops Batman!!! > > > > > > At 12:11 PM 9/21/2008, you wrote: > >> Hard to say--per the manual instructions, I was just running the pump > with > >> no water intake until water stopped coming from the group head. > > > > Running the pump dry is a good way to make sure you'll need a new > > pump sooner than later. The water running through the pump both > > lubricates and cools it. > > > > Ira > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
