I would recommend, pulling the wire off pressure stat that supplies the power to the pressure stat and see if it keep over heating. If it turns off when you pull the wire you need a pressure stat. If it keep heating you have another problem.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > Doing a little reading, seems pretty clear that my pressure stat has > failed also. Quite a coincidence! Anyway, please send any other thoughts, > but I'll order a new p-stat. It's been in there for at least five years; > date of manufacture is 9/04 so it was on a shelf for at least 3 years > before installation, maybe more. > best, > bmc > > Sent from my apple IIe > > > On Jul 22, 2015, at 14:44, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ahem. "Steam boiler over pressure" > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jul 22, 2015, at 14:30, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> More parts arrived today. I have new elements in both boilers, new > overtemperature switches on both boilers, new PID thermoprobe, new power > switch. > >> > >> When I switch the unit on, everything looks good but the steam boiler > continues heating on up to 2 bar, and then the overpressure relief begins > to blow so I switch the unit off and release some pressure from the steam > wand. I have turned my pressurestat (jaeger) all the way down and no > change. Any further ideas to help me solve this lingering problem? > >> > >> Thanks all, > >> Ben McC > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> -- > >> 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.
