Hope this helps One of my friends had a similar problem with their machine. Brew group boiler on the machine was dead and did not heat up, they took it in for repair and when it came back asked me to some look at it as they were having problems.
The suppliers had replaced the thermostat with a PID on the machine and all appeared to be working but there was a problem. The PID showed the correct temp but the machine was flash boiling continuously when you pulled a shot. The Brew boiler was obviously running way too hot. Eventually they managed to track the issue down to some incompatibility between the temp probe and the PID unit. The PID thought it was at the correct temperature when in fact it was running much higher due to it having the original probe still in place. They changed the probe to the correct one for the new PID and all worked 100% JohnB On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 4:23 AM, runtmms <[email protected]> wrote: > Todd, > > Thanks for the response. I managed to find the info on adapting to the new > board - I'd suggest putting a link to that info from the board purchase > page. > > You're right, it didn't fix the E1 problem. It is the original controller > in the Brewtus I, whatever that is (old style?) > > We did a little more troubleshooting. The brew boiler is definitely > exceeding the set temperature. It seems like we get accurate temperature > readings through the heat up / cool down process. When it reaches the set > temperature the LED light in the display turns off but it continues to get > hotter eventually getting to the E1 error. We are at altitude so our set > point is 88 - this is just shy of boiling at the group. When it hits E1 we > get a lot of steam/flash boiling at the group - obviously much hotter even > though the LED light would indicate the brew boiler heating element was off. > > What is the next step? > > Merlynn > > -- > 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.
