Thanks Ben, I'll have to take a look. My first pump lasted 6+ years, and this 2nd one has been in I believe less than a year :(
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Chris. My B2 (and I think all of them) came with a vibration pump. > I'll add photos below of that and a rotary pump. In my experience with the > vibe pumps, I found that they did in fact wear out, especially if the pump > was run dry. My reservoir switch (the one that turns off power if the > reservoir runs dry) came wired backwards from the factory, which I didn't > know until I had killed a couple of pumps and we finally found it. Also, > the overpressure valve (OPV) lost seals a time or two and replacing the OPV > or the seals fixed that problem. > > I did have similar symptoms to you on several occasions, and though I > don't remember the specifics, I do remember that it was always pump or OPV > that fixed it. I switched to a rotary pump (with it's own pressure > setting) about 5 years ago, and I think I have my old OPVs and pumps and > would be happy to send them to you if you'd like to try them. > > I'd also start by checking to see that when you lift the reservoir, power > is cut to the machine. If not, you need to switch the wires below the > reservoir. Along similar lines, I never used the water softener on the > pickup line in the reservoir, and once discovered that my intake line was > floating, so it was sucking air and I killed a pump that way too. It needs > some sort of weight if you don't use the softener cartridge. > > All best, > Ben McCafferty > > Sent from my apple IIe > > On Aug 5, 2015, at 09:59, Chris Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not sure - it's whatever kind a BII has. What's the best way for me to > tell, or what info specifically would help? > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:20 PM, James Roybal <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What type of pump is it? >> >> On Monday, August 3, 2015 at 3:34:20 PM UTC-6, Chris Bailey wrote: >>> >>> I have a Brewtus II. Recently it seems the unit either won't come up to >>> pressure or takes a lot longer (20 seconds?) to get to pressure when I >>> begin to extract a shot. >>> >>> I've noticed that to get around this, I can put the blind PF in and do a >>> backlash, and that seems to, at least for a while, allow me to get to the >>> proper pressure in the normal time, when pulling a shot. Once it does get >>> up to 9 bar, it seems to hold the pressure and run normally. >>> >>> I'm not sure what to look for/how to troubleshoot this. Any suggestions? >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Bailey >>> [email protected] >>> @chrisrbailey >>> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Chris Bailey > [email protected] > @chrisrbailey > > -- > 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. > -- Chris Bailey [email protected] @chrisrbailey -- 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.
