Maybe you have a gremlin inside your machine leftover from world war two! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Benjamin McCafferty Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: On/off switch redux
Thanks Dennis--I've used a heavy duty timer since day one. I'm wondering if people saw my update yesterday--it wasn't the switch after all. The pump had a dead short in it. (I must have abused pumps in a past life and they're back to settle my karmic debt, ha ha...). tx, bmc On Oct 16, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Dennis Keating wrote: > I know using a timer with Brewtus saves the units on-off switch. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Benjamin McCafferty > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: On/off switch redux > > 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. > -- 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.
