Ah yes, I saw this too with my recent dead controller. 

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> On Aug 27, 2015, at 09:45, Bruce Keeler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> In my experience the brew boiler does heat up a bit, possibly via the heat 
> exchanger in the steam boiler, and reaches an equilibrium somewhere around 
> 30-40.
> 
>> On 8/26/15 11:45 AM, Ben McCafferty wrote:
>> I'll stand corrected, but I believe if the over temp switch trips (the red 
>> dot thingy), all power is cut to the boiler. In other words, it wouldn't 
>> heat even halfway. 
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> b
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>> On Aug 26, 2015, at 10:33, Bruce J keeler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't think there's much you can do without at least removing the top and 
>>> peering in. If they're OK with taking the top off (and I assume they are to 
>>> refill the reservoir, unless you've plumbed it in) they can try resetting 
>>> the safety thingy which sometimes trips for no apparent reason. It's a 
>>> small circular thing on the brew boiler (the one nearest the front) with 
>>> two wires on either side and a red dot in the middle. Have them gently push 
>>> in the red dot with something like the head of a small nail. If that 
>>> doesn't work, it'll be up to someone who's comfortable getting in there 
>>> with a multimeter.
>>> 
>>> Bruce
>>> 
>>>> On 8/26/2015 1:03 AM, Chris Bailey wrote:
>>>> Hi, I have a Brewtus II, and it seems now that the temperature is only 
>>>> rising to somewhere in the 40's, instead of the full 93 (or whatever temp 
>>>> setting I have at the time). So it seems it's heating up some, but then 
>>>> stops. Any ideas on what the problem could be and whether there is some 
>>>> simple remedy? I'm unfortunately in Germany, and this is what our friends 
>>>> who are house sitting are seeing, so they won't be able to service the 
>>>> internals of the machine.
>>>> 
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>>>> @chrisrbailey
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