Well, I am amazed! After looking at the diagram you sent, I looked at the boiler again and did find the reset button--tiny thing! I pushed it, and it is now working! I had no idea.
Thank you very much for rescuing my post from obscurity and responding. Very kind of you. My wife and I are very grateful to be having espresso again! Now this leaves me with the question: what is likely to have been the cause of the reset tripping, and should I be doing anything maintenance-wise b/c of it or to keep it from happening again? Thanks again, Marcus On Monday, June 3, 2013 8:57:06 AM UTC-5, winnipegger65 wrote: > > Marcus, > > Here is yet another source of info that may be useful for you. > http://www.bellabarista.co.uk/pdf/ExpobarBrewtusIIcloserlookv6.pdf > > > > On Monday, June 3, 2013 8:51:40 AM UTC-5, winnipegger65 wrote: >> >> 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. 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]. 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