Ahhh, will take it apart and have a look Graeme. Thanks for the suggestion.
JohnB On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Graeme Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, I think all b3 came with an external ssr in Australia. You may be > able to replace the relay in the PID if you can find one that matches the pcb > holes. > > Graeme > Original Message > From: John Brinkman > Sent: Friday, 22 August 2014 01:21 > To: [email protected] > Reply To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Suspected Brew Group Boiler Element > > 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. > > -- > 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.
