Hello Michael, When we talked on Friday we did a lot of trouble shooting. We found that the red light would go on and off with the pressurestat but the boiler would keep heating. So the pressurestat was working fine. We pulled the hot wire off the heating element on the boiler and even with one wire on the boiler it was still heating. You had 110v at the common wire. All of this was very unusual.
The machine did work fine and then there was this sudden change. So I would have to say that the machine is probably wired fine and that something else is causing this. I really think it has to come in. Feel free of course to seek advice. Todd Salzman Whole Latte Love. On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Michael Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > (when the pstat reached the set pressure) > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Steam pressure rises without stopping > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:50:48 -0500 > > > The safety relief valve hisses at 1.8 or so. It is new. There are no > leaks at the threads.Testing with a meter revealed that there was still > current to the element (steam) when the indicator light turned of (when the > peat reached the set pressure). Removal of the red wire on the element and > the element still receives current. PID appears to be wired per WLL > instructions. So the element is getting current and therefore heat after > the pstat reaches a level where the element should turn off when the > indicator light turns off. Pstat is wired the same way the old pstat was > wired. > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Steam pressure rises without stopping > Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:44:54 +0800 > To: [email protected] > > I don't know your level of experience so please take these questions with > a grain of salt... > > It's not the vacuum breaker hissing is it? > > What is the relief pressure rating on the safety valve? I'd expect it be > at least 1.8 bar and higher so should not hiss until then. Also is it > hissing due to valve opening or bad seal on valve threads? > > I guess you have the p-stat wired correctly? There are often three > connections on the switch common, normally open and normally closed. You > need common and normally closed. > > Graeme > > On 16/02/2013, at 9:46 AM, AngerManagement <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can only assume the PID is involved... > > > On Friday, February 15, 2013 1:33:21 PM UTC+10, Michael Payne wrote: > > Looking for some help if possible. Installed the PID in the Fall. Heating > element went. Sent back to WLL and they fixed that, among other things. I > had the machine working for around a week and the safety valve blew. Long > story short, I purchased a new pstat and safety valve. Installed them > tonight and no matter where I set the pstat, the pressure in the steam > boiler continues to rise until the safety valve starts to hiss. It will go > we'll above 1.5. 1.7, 1.8. Any ideas what old be causing it? After > initial install I removed the tube leading o the pstat to check for debris. > I found none, and none in the pstat. > > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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.
