You have two choices. You can purchase a new AKO board and sensor from Canada, I don't have the name of the company but I am sure someone on the Brewtus group can help with that. Or you can install a new PID kit. This will include a new display, static relay and a sensor. The PID kit is more expensive and I am sorry but I do not have the price of the PID kit right now. On Tuesday I can forward you info on how to install it and the cost of the parts.
Todd Whole Latte Love On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 3:13 AM, John Brinkman <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > > > -- 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.
