My first guess (and I am guessing). Is. Are you using tap water? How hard is the water? This could be mineral build up in the tank and on the heater element! Mineral build up will do this. I love this youtube example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K93RLmGkps4
Good luck On Jun 6, 2:35 am, billherbst <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, my three-year-old Brewtus II has gone belly up. I've replaced > the pump twice (and the valves that go with that assembly), and > recently I swapped out the dying original Mater pressurestat for a > spiffy new Jaeger. Cool. > > Until today. Started up the Brewtus this morning after an overnight > rest, it cranked up fine as always, began heating, but then stopped > heating at 34°. Hmmm. I turned it off, unplugged it for 15 minutes, > then tried again. This time, it got to 47° before stopping. After an > hour's rest powered down, I tried one last time. Got to 42° and quit > heating. > > I fear that this is very bad news---as in, a defective heating element > or a controller that's gone kaput. Either of which scares the heck out > of me, since my repair skills are modest, and I'm on the Oregon coast, > 2,000 miles west of Whole Latte Love. > > Anyone know what's going on with my Brewtus? > > --Bill -- 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.
