Yeah, I have a BII with rotary and PID upgrades. When the kit arrived
it had the pump and OPV already connected, and Todd mentioned that they
had already adjusted them prior to shipping. I might take another look
and have a fiddle with it.
Bruce
On 3/22/2011 5:49 PM, Benjamin McCafferty wrote:
Hey Bruce,
Just re-read your post, and something occurred to me. Do you use a rotary (plumbed in)
pump, or a vibe pump with reservoir? If it's a vibe, the drip tray holds more than the
reservoir, but I'm guessing you have a rotary. You said, "...it fills up too
quickly if the OPV output goes there"--which leads me to wonder if your pump is
setup correctly. I just learned a few days ago that it uses a different paradigm than
the vibe pump, and if properly set, it shouldn't drain anything out of the OPV under
normal circumstances, right?
I'm not totally sure on this--but the new directions from Todd last week had me
set the OPV to 11 bar, and the pump to 9 bar (or preference). When not in use,
the system routinely gets up to 10 bar, but so far doesn't get to 11 and
therefore hasn't opened the OPV at all that I can tell. ??? I wonder if
bumping your OPV up would solve your dog bowl problem, i.e. overfilling.
b
On Mar 22, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Dennis wrote:
that's a pretty tricky way to kill two birds with one stone! i share the
clothes washer drainpipe, so i am lucky enuf to have plumbed drain and my
opv water goes into the same drain.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Bruce Keeler
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 12:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Boiler Descaling
Ooh, I like this idea!
Though my brewtus already caters to the dog's needs. My problem was
that due to where the Brewtus sits, I can't plumb the drip pan into a
drain, and it fills up too quickly if the OPV output goes there. So I
attached a long vinyl line to the OPV, out of the bottom of the machine
and over to the dog bowl. I have to empty that every few days too, but
at least it's much larger than the drip tray--he drinks out of an old
salad spinner bowl that got warped in the dishwasher. He still prefers
to drink out of muddy puddles when he can though.
On 3/21/11 2:01 PM, Dennis wrote:
ya, now i leave the vinyl hose attached to the valve and use it to
dispense
cold filtered water for me and my dog and my house plants!
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Benjamin McCafferty
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 2:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Boiler Descaling
Cool idea. My next project when I have a minute. Ha!
b
On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Dennis wrote:
hello, i use food grade usp citric acid. get it at a home brew supply
store cheap for about $4 a pound. on my setup, i included an additional
tee
in the mains input line after my filters and regulator, but before the
pump
and motor. then i used a 3/8" ball valve with some 3/8" vinyl hose
attached. i mixed th solution in a gal container and insert the hose.
use
the valves to stop your mains and allow the tee'd in hose otherwis,
disconnect the mains when you descale and reconnect. - Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of Benjamin McCafferty
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 9:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Boiler Descaling
Search the archives on this, and you'll find a lot of threads on the
topic.
Most use citric acid. I hadn't thought about the plumbing issue, since
I've
just plumbed mine also. Couldn't you just mix up a batch, disconnect
your
plumbed line and put it into the batch to draw it in, then reconnect to
house water?
As to process, I'd probably put the line in the citric solution, then run
the steam boiler out the hot water wand, let it reheat, and do it again.
That should get 3/4 or more of the water exchanged for the citric
solution.
For the brew boiler, I'd just turn on the lever and let it run for a
while,
i.e. maybe catch a quart of runoff and then you'd know you had the citric
in
there.
I'd recommend then shutting the machine off, and prop it up for several
hours (or more) in each direction, i.e. tip to the right, the left, to
the
rear, to the front and let it soak--this will help capture the water line
scale.
Be prepared that you'll need to flush a lot of water through to get rid
of
all the blue water and acidic taste.
b
On Mar 21, 2011, at 7:26 AM, wiseguy wrote:
I have a BII that is a few years old. The boilers have never been
descaled but it brews great shots. My Q: should I descale? If so, I
could use some suggestions for cleaning agents and how to get the
descaling soln into the boilers as I've plumbed the supply side.
Many thanks,
wiseguy
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