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

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> 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
> 
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>> 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
>> 
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