The voltage between the brew boiler wires was 42V throughout the test,
both before and after the steam light went out. I also measured the
voltage to ground of the two wires: 118V (blue) and 8V (red).
Sounds like maybe I need a new SSR?
Thanks,
Bruce
On 3/23/15 5:53 AM, Todd Salzman wrote:
Hi Bruce,
The next step is to:
Unplug the machine and pull the two wires off the brew boiler and
stick the leads from your volt meter into them and turn on the machine.
After the steam boiler heats up and the red light goes off do you have
any voltage? (First test your meter by checking the voltage at the
outlet so that you know you are on the proper scale/settings)
As a side test:
With the machine un pluged pull the wires off the steam boiler and
check the Ohms across the terminals on the heating element. It should
read about 14. Then after you know you have the proper meter setting
check the brew boiler.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Bruce Keeler <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I haven't moved any wires, so we can rule that out.
When turned on, the steam boiler heats up as normal with the big
red light on. Steam pressure comes up, big red goes off.
The PID display says 15ºC and stays there give or take. The small
red light on the PID is on steady, as is the LED on the SSR.
The pump does come on when the lever is raised.
Thanks,
Bruce
On 3/22/15 4:20 PM, Todd Salzman wrote:
If we can we start from scratch I might be able to help after a
couple of e mails.
Put all the wires back to their original position.
What happens when you turn it on?(describe symptoms)
The information I will need is:
Does the steam boiler heat up?
Does the big red light on the right side of the machine go on?
What do the display on the PID say?
Is the small light on the PID flashing?
Does the pump run when you raise the brew lever?
Todd Salzman
Whole Latte Love
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Bruce Keeler <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
BII with rotary and PID conversions installed.
When the machine is warmed up and steam light is off, I see
110V at BOTH terminals of the brew boiler element. This tells
me that the neutral connection to the element is bad, right?
When the steam boiler is getting power I see 110V and 0V at
its terminals as expected.
But the thing is, with the machine powered down I stripped a
tiny piece of insulation off the neutral wire of the incoming
power cord and measured the resistance from there to each of
the two element terminals. I got 0Ω and 14Ω as expected. This
tells me that the neutral connection to the element is fine.
I'm going crazy trying to figure this out. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bruce
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