After some more experimentation I realized that what I wrote about the GIcar PID is wrong concerning temperature units and number of digits. I may have a defective PID. At first I could not even get the unit to go into Program mode. Anyway, I would still like to try and replace it with the Fuji and do some more experimentation on temperature control so if anyone can provide additional information I would really appreciate it.
Thanks, Bob On Jul 20, 10:05 pm, Maodou <[email protected]> wrote: > By way of introduction, I am an American who has lived in Shanghai for > the last seven years. I recently bought a Expobar Office Leva Dual > Boiler Machine from the local distributor in Shanghai for use in my > home here . Expobar has a factory in Shanghai, Pudong New Area, > Nanhui town where they build some of the models they sell in other > parts of the world. From talking to the factory, Expobar continues to > build machines in Europe and is expanding production in China. This > Office Dual Boiler Leva is basically the same as the Brewtus III-R > sold in the U.S. The factory even uses the documentation from Whole > Latte Love to describe the machine in English and it has been > translated to Chinese. > > I love the machine, in some ways I love it more than the Synesso I > have back in the States. For low volume it is wonderfully easy to use > and steaming small quantities of milk is also very easy. Now, if I > could only source good coffee beans in Shanghai life would be great. > > Since I can't seem to leave well enough alone, I would like to replace > the Gicar PID with a Fuji PXR3 and was wondering if anyone has tried > making this change. The Gicar PID on the machine is only two digits > and reads only in Celsius. I would like more precise temperature > control and an easier to use PID plus the ability to switch between > Fahrenheit and Celsius. The Fuji (and some of the Asia only Omron > PIDs) fit my requirements. The Fuji would also fit in the current > Gicar location with only slight mechanical mods. The Fuji will also > run on 220V at very low power so wiring from the mains should be easy. > > Before I pull the temperature-sensor from the thermowell does anyone > know if the device in the thermowell is a thermocouple or a PT100 > RTD? If it is a thermocouple does anyone know what type of > thermocouple it is? Does anyone have a schematic or other > documentation for the Gicar PID, code 9.3.00.41G? > > Thanks to everyone in advance for any help or advice you might have > for me. > > Bob -- 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.
