If I understand you correctly, I'm having the same issue.... Just today I noticed that the temperature readout was only 53 degrees C... Then the LED would light all the bars... flash and go crazy... then 52, 53, maybe 54 degrees. It wouldn't get hot enough.... I pulled a shot and checked the temp with a thermometer and sure enough....
Found water leaking from the fitting in the back of the steam valve and dripping onto the PID unit located directly below... Searching around, I smell burnt electrical stuff..... The black wires going to a large (maybe 11/16" dia.) brass nut on the top of the brew boiler (the boiler closest to the front of the machine) have the insulation melted off and there's black soot around the hole in the brass nut. I assume this is the thermostat based on my tracing of the wires back to the temp readout/pid. But, the wires don't feel like they want to pull out.... I've employed brute force alot of times in my life and have found that this approach doesn't work well with electronics.... Is the thermostat wiring supposed to just "pull out"? Thanks, Tonedeef On Nov 22, 5:00 am, wiseguy <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > I need to replace the wire bulb sensor (and then replace the stat) > that goes into the well on the brew boiler. Should it simply pull out > of the top of well or is it somehow attached. If it just pulls out, > how would you remove it if it feels stuck? > Tx, > Carl > > On Nov 22, 1:55 am, John Brinkman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > BII doesn't have a PID, just has a regular thermostat. > > > JohnB > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:13 AM, wiseguy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I need to replace my pid sensor. The old one seems to be stuck in the > > > well and won't just pull out. Any suggestions? > > > Tx, > > > Carl > > > > -- > > > > 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]<brewtus%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=.- 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.
