I love it. Did you ever read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? This reminds me so much of when he's shimming his handlebars with aluminum from a beer can, and his riding companion won't do it because it's not a BMW part, even though it's obviously the very perfect solution. Good on ya! I may tear into my old failed Jaeger to see if I can find a way to repair my 30-day-old failed Jaeger that they won't replace...
Best, bmc Sent from my apple IIe > On Jan 5, 2016, at 12:36, Curtis H <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the replies everyone. Now that the holidays have passed, I can > update this. I did purchase the part but was thinking through the > connections before connecting the wires. Too bad. My previous espresso > machine was an NS Ellimatic that still had the original pressurestat (35+ > years old). I took it apart and cleaned it once but it worked like a tank. I > was pretty surprised at the tiny pressurestat in the Brewtus and wanted > something bigger. Physically the Rocket Sirai fits... > > Anyways, I did spend some time on this. Step One. I took the microswitch out > of the pressurestat and opened it up. Here's what it looked like: > > > > > Fairly scarred black, but mostly the button internal on the right wasn't even > catching on the hook that pushes the spring. I'm guessing it aged over time > and rubbed down. I bent the metal to catch the button. > > Step Two. With the machine on and the microswitch out of the pressurestat, I > could see the post in the pressurestat push up as the temperature rose. > Seems to work fine. > > Step Three. The pressurestat post wouldn't quite push up far enough to > toggle the switch. I added some padding in the form of tinfoil. Put the > microswitch back in the pressurestat and it has been working great. The > adjustments are working perfectly. > > > > I'm not suggesting this as a good solution, but it will work until I find a > supplier for that microswitch. Any suggestions in Canada? Also, who sells > the Jaeger in Canada? > > > > Curtis > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
