Orianm...I bought Brewtus IV few months ago and love it. I want to know how/when to safely descale my machine. I have not done the water hardness testing but know the water in Northeast Oklahoma is hard. Any links with pics on how to descale a brewtus would be great. Nice to hear about a reliable machine when properly maintained.
Thanks! On Saturday, February 2, 2013 11:08:43 PM UTC-6, Orianm42 wrote: > > At the end of each year, I open up my machine and conduct a complete > inspection. The unit was purchased as a BII vib, and was manufactured in > October of 2005. I've since upgraded the unit a few years back with a > rotary pump and installed the PID offered by WWL. The unit is plumbed in > and feed by it's own filtration system and runs on its own timer. As > part of my annual maintenance, I perform a boiler descale, replace broken > tie wraps, inspect the mixing tube and check all the wiring and plumbing. > I've seen various opinions regarding the merits of retrofitting the > controller with a PID. I can't say the quality of my shots improved, but I > can say the reliability of the machine has improved tremendously since the > change. I run my machine approximately 1,800 hours a year and I seemed to > fry the original temp probe every two years. I had gone through one > controller and two or three sets of probes prior to the change. Since > upgrading, the only component that seems to fail with any regularity is the > pressure-stat. Since changing to the Jaeger model of P-Stat, I've stretched > that failure to a two-three year cycle. > > The steam valve will probably need to be replaced in the coming year, but > for the most part the machine appears to be in great shape. Yes, owning > your own machine can be really frustrating, but six years later the machine > still brews a great shot pull after pull. Even with all of the buzz over > this year's new machines, I have absolutely no desire to upgrade. Can't > even remember my last sink shot. 11,256 operating hours and still going > strong. So keep up on your maintenance and don't forget the TLC and your > Brewtus will provide you with many years of service. Thanks everyone for > all of your help over the years. Rob > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
