No worries, let us know how it goes! Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 26, 2015, at 07:36, Jesse Livingston <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ah, just saw that in your comment Bmac. Thanks! > >> On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 10:32:04 PM UTC-4, bmacpiper wrote: >> Again, a torch applied gently to the base of the probe threads. >> best, >> bmc >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 25, 2015, at 13:07, Jesse Livingston <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you for all the thoughts >>> >>> Richard, your suggestion sounds really promising. Here is my issue, all. >>> Currently, the brew boiler isn't getting any heat. The malfunctioning AKO >>> is causing this. But... the steam boiler does heat up. What if I just >>> switch the wires for the brew and steam boilers? Would it heat up the brew >>> boiler? >>> >>> Other ideas for how to get the brew boiler to heat up? >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 12:18:29 AM UTC-4, Richard wrote: >>>> I have a probable solution for you. >>>> >>>> I had the same problem with a Brewtus II. >>>> The original temp probe failed. WLL no longer stocks it and sold me the >>>> PID upgrade kit. >>>> >>>> I could not remove the temp probe. I spent a lot of time and tried many >>>> tools. >>>> A local plumber could not remove it. My auto mechanic could not budge it. >>>> >>>> I was on the phone several times with WLL. >>>> Nothing worked. Absolutely nothing. >>>> I spoke with Todd Salzman. He assured me they could fix it. They did. >>>> >>>> I finally drove up to Rochester from NYC and watched a wonderful repair >>>> technician Johnny Kemmitz solve the problem. >>>> That was easier for me than shipping it and as a bonus I could watch them >>>> doing the repair. >>>> He tried to remove it mechanically with tools and failed. >>>> >>>> He then let it heat up to operating temperature. Of course since the probe >>>> is not working, you can't read the temperature. >>>> He let it heat for about 20 minutes. >>>> >>>> It then spun out effortlessly. >>>> He said that for a few years Expobar had been using some very aggressive >>>> thread lock compounds. >>>> Heat works!!!! >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
