mine did the same thing. i got a new pressurestat from wll and that fixed it.
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Bobcat <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bobcat <[email protected]> > Subject: Runaway steam pressure, Bretwus II > To: "Brewtus" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 11:18 AM > When my machine is left on for an hour or longer the steam > pressure > will rise to the point that the pressure release valve > starts popping > off, (around 2 bar). The red light indicating the steam > boiler is > heating will normally shut off at around 1.5 bar, but if > it's on too > long it just keeps heating. It seems like whatever > mechanism is > supposed to tell it to shut off the heating element in the > steam > boiler stops working. If I shut the machine off for several > hours and > let everything cool off completely it will return to > operating > normally. Any ideas on what's going on, and how to fix > it, would be > appreciated. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
