Thanks Graeme - it was a leak at the top of the steam boiler. Took the opportunity to get the whole thing serviced, brought it home and it was like a new machine. 5 days later the pump dies! At least the local coffee repair man is happy.
JK On Friday, 17 January 2014 19:24:51 UTC+11, GRB wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > Pump firing up seems to indicate the steam boiler is re-filling. Is your > vacuum breaker leaking? Can you observe the regular rise and fall of the > steam pressure due to the p-stat kicking in and out? > > There is a little dot that shows in the temp controller display that > indicates the controller is calling for heat. Do you see that dot showing > if the display indicates 88? Sounds like the controller is overshooting - > is it a PID controller or a simple temp controller? > > Graeme > > On 16 Jan 2014, at 10:58 pm, Dave B <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > normal brwetus nonsense > > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Jeff <[email protected] > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi Folks >> >> I work from home and leave my machine on all day and I am surprised by >> the number of times the boilers need to be topped up during the day, i.e. >> the pump fires in to life for anywhere between 2-10 seconds. I have my PID >> set to about 88c and find the display showing 94-95 most of the time. I had >> the temp controller, not sure if this is the correct name, replaced and >> calibrated about 10 months ago and the issue may be connected to this. >> >> Do I have an issue or is this normal behaviour? >> >> Thanks >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > 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.
