If memory serves, the water trickling out is just pressure from the steam boiler. I use it to clean my PF and screen after each shot, that's about it.
b Sent from my iPad On Feb 6, 2013, at 11:52, Craig Bowers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've had a Brewtus IIIv, non-plumbed, for a couple years now. > I'm curious about what happens if I move the lever to the middle pre-infuse > position. > I've looked at cutaway diagrams of the E-61, but I just can't quite visualize > exactly what's happening here, but this is what I'm observing... > > Unexpectedly (as I don't have line pressure), I do get pre-infusion water > (continuously, for as long as I leave the lever there). > It's not useful however as it causes the brew boiler temperature to climb > above set point. > > So I lift the lever to halfway and water starts to trickle flow. > The steam heat light comes on, and I hear boiling sounds. > Periodically the pump will re-pressurize the steam boiler. > > Also unexpectedly the temperature on the PID starts climbing above set point. > I don't know what the limits/extend are but I've generally aborted after a > minute/~8oz/209deg F. > > If I recall, frequently, moving the lever fully up at this point doesn't > result in a primed pour but a period at ~4bar for some time until it works > through whatever (air/steam bubbles?), and returns to 9bar. > > So other than as a curiosity to observe, it's not overly useful to linger in > the mid position. > > Can someone shed some light on what I'm observing? > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
