Grumpy Old Troll is a reference to Dora the Explorer, it has nothing to do with your age. It has to do with the fact that you hide out, never offer anything useful, and show up once in a while to tell us all how bad our machine sucks. Even on a thread where two of us have had nearly 40,000 hours of trouble-free service.
We've said it before, Dave, go away. bmc Sent from my iPad On Feb 11, 2013, at 2:42, dave b <[email protected]> wrote: > Not old. > just recognizing what a problem filled machine is the brutus. > > :-) > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Andrew Locke <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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.
