I too have experienced this. In fact, during a several other repairs I have in the past noticed the degradation of the various electrical connections. I did find the correctly rated switch at the hardware store 2 blocks from my house, but it was slightly larger than the hole in the machine. So I went 3/4 mile further to a small electronics supply store and found the a correctly rated switch that did fit, although they were out of the lighted model. The various degraded electrical connections I have replaced with some high-temp connectors and splices made for coffee machines that I did purchase at the hardware store, along with the correct heat resistant wiring, and followed the advice of others here on the shrink wrapping of these connectors, some with double or triple layers. And when my plastic tubing between boilers finally began leaking (as described by others in the group here) I replaced it with copper tubing from the hardware store that I flared to fit. It works fine. I would stay with the rating on the original switch, but it is possible to find what goes in the machine through common supply channels.
> Subject: Re: On/off switch redux > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:31:54 -0700 > To: [email protected] > > Thanks Barry. Todd had me look for that and I didn't see it--I wonder if > they eliminated that somewhere along the way? > > bmc > > On Oct 15, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Barry Luterman wrote: > > > On mine the cause of the switch failure was a short in the connector > > inferior to the switch. There is a plastic covered screw connector > > below the switch which connects the thicker gauge wire from the outlet > > to the thinner gauge wire that is connected to the switch. I spliced > > the two different gauged wires together using shrink insulation > > replaced the switch and never had any more trouble with it > > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:28 AM, bmacpiper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> Well, it finally happened to me. Came home from the station > >> yesterday, and found my B2 (about 3.5 years old) was cold, and that > >> whole circuit in the house was dead. Found the tripped breaker on my > >> panel, reset, and it immediately retripped. Tried it again just in > >> case... :) > >> > >> Quickly isolated it to the B2, when I unplugged it the circuit reset > >> just fine. > >> > >> I could smell electrical at the front/top/left of the B2, and sure > >> enough, the top wires to the on/off switch are brownish and hard. > >> Pulled the switch this morning, and it smells a bit like electrical, > >> but still moves fine and is not melted. > >> > >> I have glanced through the old posts on the topic, but don't know > >> whether we reached a consensus on the topic or not? Replace with a > >> high-amp switch from the hardware store? Or did WLL get a good > >> replacement that is rated for the load? > >> > >> If I use a generic switch, do I just need one that is 15A+, or do I > >> need 20A? > >> > >> It's been a rough month on my espresso consumption...OPV, steam wand, > >> switch...good thing I have some Irish breakfast around. > >> > >> Thanks as always, > >> Ben Mc > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > -- > 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.
