Hi Ira, Guess what? I just got lucky!! So, me wiring the wrong way just fired 240volt though the switch which made it short. Thinking I have nothing to loose I forced the clear casing off the switch and found that the connector was "mildly" shorted and I popped the connection apart easy. So I cleaned the carbonated side (K2) up with some fine sand paper and re-assembled. Plugged it all back together and.....
Yeeehaaawww, I have one fully operational B2. Get in! I suspect that the carbonated connector was being hit and miss on the steam boiler and so a bit of heat just made it all stop working, While I've fired it all up and let the brew boiler reach operating temp with all things running, only a full day's worth of being on will tell but I am optamistic to say the least. Sorry to pester you, seems I got lucky with the reversing of the control unit and like you say, it's not damaged. nothing melted. Bonza! Will report back when I'm sure it's all ok. and if it works, I can recommend a check on the control unit to any one who's steam boiler is not auto filling that hopefully will save them a good 150 dollars or 80 quid over here! An extra point to note, my pressure release valve, the one that gugles and pops after turning on probs needs a bit of cleaning up, Will do that soon but needless to say it releases a bit of steam/pressure slowly during the day, and my steam boiler would buzz in every hour or so to top up, this constant buzzing of the relay is likely the cause of carbonation over time and what eventually stopped the relay working reliably. It just needs cleaning up and all back to normal. Mike. On 8 December 2012 21:16, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: > At 12:45 PM 12/8/2012, you wrote: > >> I've been stupid and blown my controller up, took it out and put it back >> in the wrong way round and now it's done, what an idiot. >> >> So now I need to find a Giemme RL 1E/2C + KNC/F control unit or maybe a >> newer version. Can you please advise where to get one from. I'm in the UK >> but will ship in if needed. >> > > Well, I've no idea where to get one of those. I have a 117 version in my > hand that I repaired and if you send me a picture of yours I might be able > to tell you how to fix it. If you didn't connect 220 to the pin marked > livello or gnd there is a good chance it might be easily repaired. Most > likely you just burned up a trace or two and/or the relay, and both of > those are easy to repair. I'd happily try to do it for you if I had it. but > Los Angeles is a long way to ship it on the hope I can repair it.. > > Ira > -- > 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 brewtus+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <brewtus%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/brewtus?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en>. > > -- Mike -- 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.
