Just do it. There is no inlet restrictor. On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Graeme Burton <[email protected]> wrote:
> A small pressure tank inline will most likely solve or if the pressure > switch on the flojet is adjustable you could adjust higher so that pump > won't turn off while coffee machine draws water. Ideally you would have an > adjustable pressure regulator just before the machine so you can adjust the > preinfusion pressure. > > Graeme > *From: *Eric Ruff > *Sent: *Thursday, 11 December 2014 13:28 > *To: *[email protected] > *Reply To: *[email protected] > *Subject: *Brewtus IV-R and Flojet demand pump. > > Hello everyone! > > I guess this is a Brewtus water pressure question. I just got my Brewtus > IV-R from WholeLatteLove up and running, but I want to use a 5 gallon > Culligan's jug as my water source rather than plumb it into the city > water. I know you can just dangle the steel braided line from the Brewtus > directly into the 5 gallon jug, and in fact it works OK. But I read > somewhere that you can't do the manual preinfusion technique unless the > water coming into the the Brewtus is under pressure, which you don't have > just dangling the braided line into the water jug. A guy at Chris Coffee > advised me to use a Floject demand pump as the solution, so I got one from > them and got it hooked up. When you raise the brew lever and water starts > coming out of the group head, the Flojet pump detects a drop in the water > pressure going to the Brewtus and turns on the water pump in the 5 gallon > jug, maintaining water pressure in the line. As I say, everything is > hooked up and no leaks. Theoretically, this solves the preinfusion issue > by maintaining pressure. The issue I have run into is that the Flojet, > when it kicks on (which is does, immediately) then cycles on and off > repeatedly. The Flojet manual says that when you use this pump with coffee > brewing equipment [not specifically a Brewtus], the coffee machine likely > has an inlet pressure regulator that "limits incoming pressure to approx. > 90-100 psi. If you intend to use the Flojet BW system with one of these > brewing machines, you should remove the brewing machine's restrictor > device....Failure to remove the brewing machine's restrictor may cause the > Flojet to cycle itself off and on repeatedly, leaing to premature motor > failure of the Flojet BW unit." > > Before anyone asks, I don't know what the water pressure is coming out of > the Flojet. > > I thought I was on to a great solution, but now I am not so sure. Any > suggestions? > > Thanks > > Eric > > > -- > 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.
