Hi Dennis As far as I am aware the Brewtus does not run both boilers at the same time, steam boiler taking priority.
JohnB On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Dennis Keating <[email protected]>wrote: > John, those are good numbers. it seems our US 110v 15 amp models really > sacrifice the power. IIRC the internal wiring , power switch, and power > cord must be upgraded in size to even run both boilers at once, and that is > with 900 watt elements . (re: Sean Lennon) it is cool yours can be > turned into such a powerhouse. now you will have to worry about blowing > the milk out of the cup!! - Dennis > > > On 4/2/2012 1:17 AM, John Brinkman wrote: > > Hi Guys > > Just thought I would give some feedback on the 220v 2000watt steam > boiler upgrade I had done on my Brewtus IV-R a few months ago. Was a > straight element swop out as all the wiring seems to be fine for the added > current, was intere4sted to fdind out that all the OZ versions seems to > come with 2000watt elements as standard, mine game with a 1200watt element, > obviously EU spec or something like that. > > When I had the 1200watt element installed I always felt that I could do > with a bit more steam power, pressure used to drop from 1.4bar down as far > as 0.5 bar when steaming the milk and whilst it worked I always felt a bit > jealous, especially when I was loaned a GS3 whilst my machine was getting a > service (an evil plan by my machine retailer). I had a single hole tip > installed so I could get better results with my steamed milk, this resulted > in very slow steaming and slowed the whole process down when making > capuchino's. > > I would like to say that since I have had the 2000watt element installed > the steam power has been awesome. I have changed my steam tip from a single > hole to a 4-hole tip which steams a 250ml milk jug to 65C in 18 seconds so > the speed is MUCH better. single hole used to take around 45 seconds. > Pressure is also greatly improved, I start steaming at 1.4bar and the > poressure stays there unless the boiler has to fill at which point it will > drop down to around 1.2 bar and then moves up to 1.4 bar again. I no longer > lust after the GS3 (ok, perhaps still just a little bit :-) ) but am much > happier with my steaming results and my latte art has improved a lot since > the change. > > JohnB > -- > 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. > -- 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.
