Took the big red switch apart, and it's not terrible, but my new leading theory is that it's tripping the arc fault breaker. Will jumper the wires to bypass and see what happens. bmc
Sent from my apple IIe > On Jul 18, 2015, at 08:24, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > > Morning all-- > After my recent total teardown and clean and rebuild (B2, PID, rotary), I > finally got parts yesterday. I replaced both over-temp switches (one per > boiler) and the thermoprobe in the brew boiler. I have re-attached all wires > per my pre-teardown photographs and triple checked them all. > > When I turn the machine on, my breaker trips--it is an arc fault and ground > fault breaker, so not sure which one is tripping it, but since the outlets on > this circuit are all new and otherwise functioning properly, I'm assuming > it's a short to ground. > > So far I tried pulling one wire from each boiler and turning on; no change. > The big red switch does feel a little chunky, but not overly so. The machine > has been on a timer for about 7 years, so the switch normally hasn't been > used. > > Other notes-- > --Is there a "backwards" way to install the overlimit switches? I assume > they're non-directional? > --My citric solution took the plating off the heating elements--they are now > shiny copper. Can this cause a fault? > --Can the big red switch cause a ground fault? > --Are there other really obvious things I should test? > > Really looking forward to that first shot...hoping it will be today... > > best, > bmc > > Sent from my apple IIe > > -- > 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.
