I've never seem mine do that. There could be scale build up or something causing it or the element could be bad. It could be a loose wire but that's probably not the problem.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Eric Christoffersen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Problem with my brewtus 2. > > On Wednesday I see that machine indicates 198f. It never reaches 203f. > On thursday the machine won't go above 196. Today it is stuck between 193 > and 194. > > The dot on the pid is mostly lit except when steam boiler comes on, > indicating there should be voltage going to the brew element. When steam > heat light goes out the brew heat dot comes back. I think that means that > pid and temp probes are good, the steam element is good (otherwise the > steam heat light would just stay on.) > > Something in the machine is slowly fading. Has anyone seen a heater > element fail this way? Is that how they fail? I had a steam heat element go > out once but by the time I noticed it was more than mostly dead. > > I'll open the box up tonight to test voltage at the heater elements, > continuity at the overtemp cutoff. Anything specific I should look for? > Anyone have this problem before and know the fix? > > Anyone have a part number for a 110v brew heater element for brewtus 2? I > kinda want my coffee to keep working sooner rather than later. > > Thanks! > Eric > > -- > 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.
