Marcus, I posted another thread that showed a nice labelled diagram of the Brewtus boilers. That diagram came from the WLL website. Here is what is said above that picture in the website:
*Safety's and Valves * The Brewtus III machines have all the safety and control valves that you will want. Each boiler has a manual reset thermal shut off. If one of the boilers overheats, the boiler will shut down, thus preventing damage. Here is a link to that WLL site: http://www.wholelattelove.com/articles/spotlight_brewtus3.cfm I see though that you have a Brewtus I and this article from WLL refers to a Brewtus III. I have a Brewtus IV which is very similar to the III. I would suggest you have a look at the link from WLL and see if this makes any sense. Perhaps you can even contact WLL but I don't know if that's practical for you. On Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:17:22 PM UTC-5, Marcus Mininger wrote: > > Thanks for this reply! Very kind of you. What you are saying makes > sense. I need to get a multimeter to try that part of what you said. > > In the meantime, I looked for a reset button on both boilers and did not > see anything that looks the part. Can you describe anything further about > what I should be looking for? I'm wondering if the Brewtus I did not have > that feature, but I'd sure be glad if it does. > > Thanks again for your suggestions. > > Marcus > > > > On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:44:16 PM UTC-5, winnipegger65 wrote: >> >> Hi Marcus, >> >> I see you posted this a while ago so perhaps you've already got this >> figured out. I'm reading your note and it sounds similar to a problem I had >> on my Brewtus IV-R a while ago. I thought it was either the temperature >> sensor or the PID and I replaced them both. That did not help. With me, the >> problem seemed to 'fix itself' which would have been great *before* I spend >> the money on the new parts. >> I'm wondering if your problem could be simply the reset button on your >> brew boiler. Both boilers have a small button or peg which can get tripped >> to prevent over heating. Perhaps pushing that peg is all you need to do. >> >> The other thing to consider is if your brew boiler is getting power. That >> is easier than you think to check. All you need is a multimeter. Pull off >> the leads which go to the brew boiler and stick the probes of your >> multimeter into those leads. Then turn on your Brewtus and see if power is >> getting there. If power is indeed getting there, then the problem might be >> a faulty heater. That would make sense if power is getting to the brew >> boiler but it is not heating. That's as far as I got with my problems but >> when I put the leads back on the brew boiler, everything magically started >> working again. Nice! >> >> On Saturday, March 9, 2013 11:35:29 AM UTC-6, Marcus Mininger wrote: >>> >>> I have a Brewtus 1 that I bought second hand. Have used it for a couple >>> years with good service. A couple months ago when I was cleaning it >>> (backflushing w/ detergent, etc.), the temperature readout for the water >>> boiler started slowly dropping, a degree or so each minute or so (from 93C >>> to 92 to 91, etc.). I ran some more water through and tried backflushing >>> with only water to rinse any extra detergent, in case what I had been doing >>> (which was standard procedure that I have always done) was causing a >>> problem. Any water I ran or backflushed would only cause the temp to drop >>> more quickly. It appeared that the water in that boiler was no longer >>> heating. However, two things stayed normal: (a) the light on the PID >>> read-out for the water boiler was on where it indicates that that boiler is >>> heating, and (b) the steam boiler pressure stayed at normal levels, cycling >>> on and off as needed, and even when I opened up the steam wand for a full >>> minute, it held good pressure and output the whole way. Evidently, the >>> steam boiler was working fine while the PID was telling the water boiler to >>> work but it was not heating. I tried shutting off and turning back on to >>> reset the electronics w/ the PID readout, etc., but this didn't change >>> anything. Eventually, I finished the standard cleaning/rinsing process as >>> best I could (with diminishing temperatures) and turned it off for the >>> day. >>> >>> A day later I powered the machine back on from cold to let it heat up, >>> and the temp of the water boiler did not rise but the steam boiler came up >>> to normal pressure. Then I tried pulling some water through the group head >>> by activating the pump. This caused the water boiler temp to increase by a >>> degree or 2 each time until it had come up 10 degrees or so. However, it >>> was obviously not fixing the basic problem and the water boiler was still >>> nowhere near the needed temp. My guess is that pulling water out of the >>> water boiler probably just resulted in pulling some water from the steam >>> boiler into the water boiler, thereby raising the water boiler temp >>> "artificially" somewhat. I left the machine on for several hours, but the >>> water boiler never increased any more on its own. >>> >>> At that point, I wasn't sure what to try further to be of any help, so I >>> powered it off. Work has been very busy for me since, so the machine has >>> just sat there for a couple of months since then, and I am not mechanically >>> inclined enough to know how to troubleshoot the problem. >>> >>> Today I powered the machine on just to see, and the same thing >>> happened: water temp did not rise at all, but steam pressure is up to >>> normal. >>> >>> What should do to identify and fix this problem? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Macus >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. 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