Hey Allen, The Brewtus was designed to work on a 15A circuit in the US, that's why only one boiler fires at a time. 15A is typical household current in most kitchens in the US. b "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....."
> From: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:05:06 -0800 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Brewtus II. No Power light. Sunday morning emergency > > > Switches do NOT generate voltage spikes. One of the things that can generate > a voltage spike are large inductive loads, such as a large motor starting > up. > > It is not likely that voltage spikes would be the cause of 120 VAC or 220VAC > components burning out in a home situation. A spike of course could take out > some of the electronic components of the Brewtus II. The environment inside > the case of the Brewtus II is hot, and probably there are times when the > wattage is close to the max for the US version (which I believe will work on > a 20 AMP 120 VAC circuit). And once in a while, if we over fill the water > reservoir, there may be humidity inside the case. And sometimes there might > be a cheap component used, or a good component not assembled correctly. > > Allen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben McCafferty" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:44 PM > Subject: Re: Brewtus II. No Power light. Sunday morning emergency > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
