Would a blast of cold air on the temp sensor allow the cycle to start? On Oct 21, 5:01 pm, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, well out of warranty anyway. I have added a temp probe near the button > sensor you described previously to measure bean temp instead of environment > temp--as an aside, what a HUGE difference that made in my roasting! Feel > like I was blind before. > > Back to the question at hand, I don't understand how a switch inline there > would help. If it was open, would it make the machine think it was cold, > i.e. no signal from the sensor? > > Thanks and talk soon, > bmc > > On Oct 21, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Barry Luterman wrote: > > > The temperature sensor is the round shiny structure on the back wall > > of the roast chamber. I would guess there is a connection to the > > sensor behind the rear wall. A switch might be spliced in there. Of > > course it will probably void any warranty you have on the unit > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At 08:54 AM 10/21/2010, you wrote: > > >>> hmmm...how would the switch lie--would it simply bypass the temp probe > >>> that tells the brain what temp is? I.e. is the temp probe connected to > >>> something that closes above 163, then opens when it's below, such that the > >>> switch could go into place ahead of that and be opened/closed to mimic the > >>> other part? > > >> Not having a HotTop I couldn't say, Figure out what type the sensor is and > >> then it's easy to solve the problem. > > >> Ira > >> -- > >> 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
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