oh yeah! --- On Thu, 12/2/10, HowardG <[email protected]> wrote:
From: HowardG <[email protected]> Subject: Re: problem with brand new Brewtus III-v :-( To: "Brewtus" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 12:28 PM My filter is on the shorter tube! I just switched it. Do you think that would make any difference? On Dec 2, 12:13 pm, HERMAN <[email protected]> wrote: > it goes on the longer tube the short tube is the return line. > > --- On Thu, 12/2/10, HowardG <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: HowardG <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: problem with brand new Brewtus III-v :-( > To: "Brewtus" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 12:00 PM > > I made sure that the filter was full of water and submerged. Maybe the > filter is on the wrong tube (there are two). Would that make any > difference? Does the filter go on the longer or the shorter tube? > > On Dec 2, 11:34 am, HERMAN <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > sounds like you have a water supply problem. it might be a kink in the hose > > or the filter in the tank might be floating. not sure what's causing the > > temp to go so high. > > > --- On Thu, 12/2/10, HowardG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: HowardG <[email protected]> > > Subject: problem with brand new Brewtus III-v :-( > > To: "Brewtus" <[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:32 AM > > > I'm new to this group and my Brewtus III-v was delivered yesterday. > > I'm having a real problem with it. It starts up fine and after a 17- > > min warmup the temp is stable at 200F and the brew pressure gauge > > reads 10 bars. I can barely pull one shot (45 seconds to extract) and > > then the brew pressure never recovers. The gauge falls to zero and > > never budges again. Even if I do a pull with the backflush disk in, > > the gauge never moves above zero and the pump never quiets down. At > > the same time, the PID temp readout starts to climb past 200. Last > > night it reached 223 and nothing but steam came out from the brewhead. > > I shut it down and let it cool off overnight. This morning the same > > routine: temp stabilizes at 200, brew pressure gauge reads 10 bars. I > > pull one shot (again a long extraction time) and the brew pressure > > gauge falls to and stays at 0 the temp starts to climb. While this is > > happening I hear a gurgling noise from inside the machine. > > > I called tech at Whole Latte Love and they said they hadn't heard of > > this behavior before. They are now checking with a specialist on the > > Brewtus and promised to get back to me today. He did say to start it > > up again and run some water through it, so I did. It started at a > > stable 200F temp with 10 bars on the brew pressure gauge. I let the > > water run from the head (no portafilter attached) and the brew > > pressure fell to zero and after about a minute the temp started to > > climb again. I shut it off at 210. I note that the free flow of water > > through the brew head is not very strong -- a lot of drops falling > > down but never a continuous stream. Is that normal? > > > Any ideas? > > > -- > > 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.
