Yep, I modified my B II to rotary last year. The brew gauge regularly moves up and down as the heater goes on and off, especially with the AKO controller. Its normal and not problem. I have a pressure regulator that limits the pressure to 5psi so the my gauge varies from between 5 to 11 bar. Once I lift the brew handle, the brew pressure snaps directly to 9 bar. The pulls are typically dark chestnut with flecks and beautiful, creama is thick and flavorful.
If you carefully watch the WWL brewtus 4 video on you tube, you will see the pressure gauge rise to 10 or 11 bar ( I think Todd states about 9) and water dripping out of the over pressure port below the discharge. Its a little bothersome at first, but after a while you won't even notice. Enjoy Rob On Mar 16, 12:02 am, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, mine seems to be somewhere around 6, based on the pressure when cool > and/or first starting up. > b > On Mar 15, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Bruce Keeler wrote: > > > On 3/15/11 10:43 AM, Ira wrote: > >> At 02:44 PM 3/13/2011, you wrote: > > >>> One thing I notice is that my brew pressure gauge climbs at idle to about > >>> 10 bar, then the OPV drain starts to dribble. That gives me a good idea > >>> that I'm set to roughly 10 bar on the OPV. However, I am wondering > >>> whether this is normal for the system to be sitting at that high of a > >>> pressure when idle? I > > >> The brew boiler is completely full so if you add cold water and wait for > >> it to heat up it will expand and create pressure. Indicated pressure with > >> the brew lever up is meaningless and common. > > > Even apart from that issue, the gauge will always show at least the > > incoming water pressure. 10 bar is rather high for that, unless you have > > really high mains pressure. There are pressure reducing gizmos that you > > can put inline to reduce it. > > > Bruce > > > -- > > 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.
