I am the proud new owner of a Brewtus II that I picked up on Craigslist. It had not been used for a couple years and both pressure gauges were frozen (otherwise perfectly functional). I pulled the e61 apart and scale wasn't too bad, but I went ahead and did a full descale as one had never been done. Of note, a backflush had never been done either, so the top of the shower screen, etc was caked with coffee. As many of you are likely aware, the steam boiler gauge is a mushroom/nut 1/8 BSP (I think) connection so it was easy to dismantle. As anticipated, the gauge inlet was solid scale. I soaked it in vinegar on and off for a couple days, but it looks like it isn't going to come back to life. The brew pressure gauge is direct soldered, so while I haven't pulled it yet, I imagine it will look the same and my attempts to fix it will likely be useless. Now for the question:
Does anyone know a source of compression or solder fittings that I could use to convert the copper capillary tube of the brew boiler (2.5mm OD via calipers) to either 1/8 or 1/4 NPT? Inexpensive gauges of quality are readily available with standard NPT fittings. For the steam boiler gauge, I may just buy a gauge with BSP or change over to NPT using an adapter or cut and add a new NPT fitting. Then again, I may just leave the broken gauge in there.... Thanks for your insight. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/brewtus/-/BL9YsHVBkYIJ. 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.
