Shout out to Todd Salzman, again, for going above and beyond on a Saturday morning. 18 minutes after my original email to the group, he and I were on the phone.
I have a dead steam boiler element, and parts are on their way. All the best, bmc Sent from my apple IIe > On Jul 18, 2015, at 08:38, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
