Thanks to you both. Pulled six shots today and what i described did not happen again. I will keep an eye on it for now.
Pete On Sep 25, 10:23 am, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > Good to know William. On the flip side, when I switched from vibe to rotary, > this symptom didn't change, i.e. it will still switch back and forth. So I'm > guessing we may be seeing two related things in action. > b > > On Sep 25, 2011, at 8:55 AM, william mckenzie wrote: > > > > > I just replaced a pump that had deteriorated to the point where it was > > happening every few seconds. It still occurred at least once per brew > > cycle, and then for unrelated reasons I dialed the brew pressure down to 9 > > from 10 and the problem seemed to go away. > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:12:39 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Pump Switching > > > Hi Pete, > > After watching this closely many many times, I concluded that Ira was right > > and that it is just the pump switching over to fill the steam boiler as it > > gets depleted, then switching back to the brew cycle. I can't say for sure > > if this changed from new, i.e. if the sensor for the steam boiler has > > gotten more sensitive, etc. Also have never figured out if it makes any > > difference to the quality of the shot--it's not dramatic in any case, but > > may be a little better when you just pull a shot without using steam at the > > same time. > > > One obvious solution is to pull your shot either before or after steaming, > > but that was unacceptable to me, since it defeats one of the main purposes > > of a double boiler machine. > > > best, > > bmc > > > On Sep 24, 2011, at 8:30 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > >> Hello Everyone, > > >> I noticed something peculiar tonight that I wanted to mention to the > >> group. About 20 seconds into my shot, I heard a 'click'. The brew > >> pressure then dropped to zero and shot back up to 9 bar - all within a > >> second or two. I understand that this probably has to do with the brew > >> boiler filling with water - but it has never happened during a shot > >> before. I remember Ben McCafferty mentioning that he had the same > >> issue back on March 23 (he used the same subject heading as above). > >> Any ideas as to what this might be? > > >> Pete > > >> -- > >> 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 > > 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.
