I have asked before and I'll ask again: How does the "spike" of electricity coming from a timer differ in any way from the "spike" coming from the switch itself??? It sure seems like the same 110 volts to me, but I'm still open to an explanation if someone can give me one. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....."
> From: mariowar <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:41:42 -0700 (PDT) > To: Brewtus <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Brewtus II. No Power light. Sunday morning emergency > > > Richard, I have been using my Brewtus III on a heavy duty timer for > 5 months with no issues at all. > > It is good to mention that I use a Belkin surge processor > http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=400738 > ( without the USB port) between the output of the timer and the > machine to avoid spikes generated for the timer. > > I read at 1stline website that most of the electrical issues on > espresso makers are caused by spikes produced by timers, therefore, > they recommend a good surge protector in between. > > > > On Jun 5, 1:20 pm, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've been using a heavy duty analog timer on my Brewtus 2, every day for 2 >> years, with no problems. If surge mattered, all your light switches in your >> house would fail frequently. When did you last replace one of those? I >> think something else is going on. >> bmc >> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." >> >> >> >>> From: Richard W <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:03:05 -0700 (PDT) >>> To: Brewtus <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Brewtus II. No Power light. Sunday morning emergency >> >>> It happened again. Bummer. >> >>> This time I fixed it the way the Whole Latte Love tech people told >>> me. >>> The first time I fixed it, I had re-used the h-shaped connector. They >>> told me to throw it away and get some crimp connectors to connect the >>> power cord wires instead of using the h-connector. It blew apart at >>> the h-connector this time. I used the crimp connectors and hope that >>> this does not happen again. >> >>> I had been using an appliance timer to turn the Brewtus on about an >>> hour before I woke up each day. I am wondering it the electric surge >>> from the timer switch might have caused the problem. >> >>> Do other people use timers to start up their Brewtus.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
