I posted a video of my upgraded Brewtus IV R with the Joystick steam control and the 2000W element.
For a reference I took 250ml of water from room to boiling in 22 seconds https://plus.google.com/111517722200589315644/posts/FQXgrGSXLRv Would be interested to know how long a standard machine takes to do the same. I have noticed that the pressure drop when opening the control is more than on the tap control, I assume that this is because it is flowing more steam. The machine now sits at 0.9 bar when steaming, also lost the cool wand so have to be quick with the damp cloth to wipe the milk off the wand after steaming. Not sure if the Chris Coffee wands are cool wands but from the pics looks like they might be. JohnB On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:48 PM, herman dickens <[email protected]>wrote: > no worries. i could silver solder it if necessary but then if i need to > replace it i have to cut it > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:20 AM, John Brinkman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I just took the copper pipe that runs from the steam boiler to the steam >> tap together with the fittings to a local hydraulics company and they >> sorted it out for me. >> >> They took the fitting for the old tap off and silver soldered the new >> fitting onto it. >> >> Not sure what size it is, sry >> >> JohnB >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 9:13 PM, herman dickens >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> let us know what adapter you use. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Bruce Keeler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nice! I'm on my second stock steam wand and it's already dripping. >>>> I'm ready for an upgrade. >>>> >>>> Chris Coffee has this: >>>> https://www.chriscoffee.com/Joystick-Assemblies-p/jt995g.htm, and one >>>> of the customer comments notes that they managed to fit it to an Expobar >>>> office lever machine. Perhaps I'll give it a try. >>>> >>>> Bruce >>>> >>>> On 11/4/13 8:09 AM, John Brinkman wrote: >>>> >>>> Fitted my joystick steam control today and all looks good, was a very >>>> easy upgrade to do. >>>> >>>> I used a Reneka steam control, unfortunately has a slightly larger >>>> connection than the standard steam tap so had to get the connectors >>>> changed. Also had to increase the size of the hole on the front of the >>>> machine, altogether took about and hour to do the whole job. >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> 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. >>>> 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. >>> 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. >> 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. > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
