No worries. It's Ben by the way. :) The small spout gets used if you install a rotary pump and plumb in the machine. Overflow goes through it into the drip tray. Otherwise it just sits and looks cool. Best, bmc Sent from my apple IIe
> On Sep 1, 2015, at 16:10, Jesse Livingston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah OK. Makes sense. I'll give that a try. > > But while I have your attention, Brian, I noticed something strange. As I was > looking under the hood, the little spout behind the the E61 group (pictures > attached) has no tubes going to it. It's just.... there. My impression was > that excess water from the brew boiler (redirected from the OPV( is supposed > to go through to there. What's wrong with my tubing? > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:55 PM Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: >> That's what I meant essentially--the first position on the lever on your B2 >> allows water to flow at line pressure, i.e. no pump, and you can get a >> decent wetting of the puck from that without blasting it with 9 bar over a >> few seconds. And you can indeed control the length by letting water flow for >> a certain number of seconds, then dropping the lever again if you wish to >> allow some amount of time to let water absorb. I know it's rudimentary, but >> like many variables, you'd be surprised how consistent you can be without a >> ton of fancy tools. :) You can also adjust on the fly as weather changes, >> etc. if things seem to be going wrong. >> >> Give it a shot (yuk yuk), you might be pleasantly surprised. >> >> Best, >> bmc >> >> Sent from my apple IIe >> >>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 15:44, Jesse Livingston <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Ben, >>> >>> Interesting. I'll read what the Schomer man has to say. >>> >>> I have a Brewtus II so I can't affect the length of my preinfusion. There >>> is a natural "ramp-up" in pressure due to the size of the grouphead, but >>> that's all. The controlled preinfusion didn't come until later models – the >>> IV I believe. >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:31 PM Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> I'd look at David Schomer's thoughts on shot profiling--it's the one >>>> variable that he feels is best left steady. >>>> >>>> But based on your thread title, I think what you're saying is to affect >>>> pre-infusion by lowering pressure at the beginning to some low value, then >>>> crank up to brew pressure, right? In other words, not shot profiling per >>>> se. >>>> >>>> If it were me, I'd mess around with the basic pre-infusion that you >>>> already have, simply by changing the length of time that you pre-infuse to >>>> affect different outcomes. Since everyone's water pressure is different, >>>> there's no set "right" time to do it, but you may find a level that works >>>> for you. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> bmc >>>> >>>> Sent from my apple IIe >>>> >>>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 14:31, Jesse Livingston <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I've been thinking through how one could implement a controlled >>>>> preinfusion on the Brewtus II. I've been admiring Graeme's post on all of >>>>> his fantastic mods but am considering another approach. >>>>> >>>>> What if there was some way to attach a lever to the OPV valve that was >>>>> reachable, allowing you to dynamically adjust the pressure as the shot >>>>> was brewing? I'm thinking of something that could hook into the OPV and >>>>> latch onto the adjustable part. Aside from the challenge of finding >>>>> something like that and modifying the casing to make it reachable >>>>> somehow, would that potentially do long term damage to the pump or OPV? I >>>>> guess it's not meant for constant adjustment, so just wondering whether >>>>> this solution is detrimental to the machine. >>>>> >>>>> Thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> Jesse >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > <IMG_0282.JPG> > <IMG_0287.JPG> > <IMG_0285.JPG> > <IMG_0283.JPG> -- 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.
