I wonder why the boiler element burnt apart so badly? A faulty part? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RedThumb Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:04 PM To: Brewtus Subject: Re: No steam in Brewtus II
repairing the photo link: http://bit.ly/bziJ0V On Apr 25, 11:11 am, "Dick Eades" <[email protected]> wrote: > I sent this earlier to [email protected] but I didn't see it > come back thru the list: > > I pulled the sensor and determined that there indeed was water in the > boiler. I then spent some phone time with Todd Salzman and we > determined that the boiler element was bad. I pulled it out and confirmed it. > > http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/redthumb61/?action=view&curre... > 0342.jpg > > WLL is shipping anew one and we are going through diagnostics to make > sure it is not dry-firing. > > dick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > > Of Bruce Keeler > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 8:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: No steam in Brewtus II > > The brewtus can only heat one boiler at a time, and the steam boiler > has priority. If the orange light is on, the steam boiler is > preempting the brew boiler, which is why the latter is not heating up. > > There's a solenoid valve underneath between the two boilers which > switches on together with the pump to fill the steam boiler. Check > the connections to it; it's possible that you knocked something loose > while you were installing the rotary pump. Check the excellent > diagrams in the Brewtus Compendium > (inhttp://groups.google.com/group/brewtus/files), and perhaps poke around with a multimeter. > > I myself just completed a rotary upgrade (as well as the PID upgrade), > and didn't have this problem, though it's possible that the boilers > remained full the whole time the machine was shut down. If there's a > process for filling the steam boiler, I don't know of it. > > I just finished my first cappuccino from the upgraded machine and I'm > smiling contentedly! It's been a loooong two weeks (WLL shipped a > couple of wrong parts initially) but I have my caffeine fix! Yay! \o/ > > On 4/22/10 5:06 PM, RedThumb wrote: > > I purchased a 3 yo Brewtus II about two weeks ago from an individual. > > It worked for about three - four days and then developed problems. > > Initially it had two over-pressure events in which the relief valve > > on the steam boiler popped up and vented steam. I let the unit cool > > down and then restarted it but the third time it happened (once per > > day) the unit would not power back up. Called WLL on Monday and it > > was diagnosed that the pump had failed so I ordered the rotary pump > > conversion and have just completed that. However, now I get no > > steam and the unit is not heating up. WLL is sending a new limit > > switch and that switch is bypassed for the moment. At WLL's > > instruction I left the unit on for several hours, while I watched > > it, and the steam boiler gets hot to the touch but there is no heat > > transferring to the brew water. I get a full flow from the group > > head but it's barely warm. The temperature display doesn't go above > > 28 - 29 deg C. There is nothing flowing from either the steam wand or the hot water wand. > > > I'm beginning to think there is no water in the steam boiler and I > > will open the top of the boiler tomorrow to see if there is any > > water there. What is the process for filling the steam boiler? Is > > there a relay or valve that needs to be reset to cause this to > > happen? It doesn't appear to be filling on its own. > > -- > 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > > -- > 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. -- 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. -- 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.
