I think you are right Graeme, any way to fix a faulty relay in the PID or must I just replace?
When I spoke to the local agent they said that they are installing an external SSR on the PID's as they have had quite a lot of them failing. JohnB On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Graeme Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds more like a u/s solid state relay - sticking off and on? Could also be > the relay in the pid controller sticking. > > Graeme > Original Message > From: John Brinkman > Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2014 22:26 > To: [email protected] > Reply To: [email protected] > Subject: Suspected Brew Group Boiler Element > > Hi Guys > > I have a Brewtus III PID with a rotary pump/ > > Woke up this morning to my brew group boiler showing 99C, started > pulling a shot to check and was flash steaming as the water came out > so suspect the reading was correct (set temp is 90c). > > Pulled some water through it for about 60 seconds and the temp started > dropping. I switched my machine off left it for about 30 minutes and > switched it on again. Steam pressure came up and the light for the > steam boiler went of, brew temp was sitting at 70c and the light on > the PID was indicating that it was powering the brew element but there > is no rise in temp. I switched the machine off altogether and left it > the whole day, brew temp has dropped down to 30c when I switch it on > and does not rise at all. > > Would I be correct in assuming that this is probably a faulty brew > group element? > Anything else I should heck before dismantelling? > > Thanks JohnB > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > -- > 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
