You can send me your B2, haha. I'll have it back online in short order. Then I can make doubles simultaneously! b
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 12, 2016, at 18:50, [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks, Todd. > > Things have definitely left the realm of my DIY abilities. At this point, I > have two options: One is to box up my old Brewtus II and ship it off to WLL > for bench testing and repair. It's anyone's guess whether that would be worth > the effort, the long wait, and the potential cost. I mean, my Brewtus was > only $1399 as a refurb from WLL in 2009. That averages out to $200 a year for > great espressos every day for seven years. > > I'm more inclined to simply pop for a new Brewtus IV. I have the money, and > I've been thinking about an upgrade for more than a year. I'd be happy with a > new Brewtus, since no other machine is calling my name. It's the devil you > know versus the devil you don't. LOL. I have lots of Brewtus parts, I'm > familiar with the machine, and I'm already up to speed with some of the > typical repairs. I'll think about it for a day or two, then give you a call > at WLL. > > Thanks again. > > --Bill > > >> On Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 5:38:41 PM UTC-7, todds wrote: >> If the ground fault tripped you probably need a new heating element. Not an >> easy thing to do by yourself. >> If you want to double check it you can pull the two wires off the bottom if >> the boilers and then tape them up with electrical tape. Then turn on the >> machine and see if the ground fault trips. If it still trips it is probably >> not the heating element. >> >>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 8:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Todd and everyone, >>> >>> Thanks for the replies. I'm beginning the troubleshooting process, and it's >>> a little strange. >>> >>> My VOM doesn't have a dedicated continuity setting, so I used the 200Ω >>> resistance scale. Although the readings bounced around some, I got >>> basically 1.0Ω between both COM and NO, and COM and NC, implying positive >>> continuity in both circuits. I'm not sure how to interpret that. With >>> positive continuity in both circuits, are they closed or open? >>> >>> Then I checked the high-limit safety over-heat cutoff. On both boilers, the >>> tiny red reset switches have broken off (due, I suppose, to years of >>> prolonged heat). One broken red reset was lying on top of the brew boiler. >>> The other is gone. I used a very small allen wrench to push down inside the >>> conical housing of the steam boiler's high limit switch (which now has a >>> tiny open hole). Then I hooked up the Brewtus and turned it on to see if >>> the red boiler light (indicating power to the steam boiler) went on. It >>> did, and then three seconds later, the safety fault detector in my >>> electrical wall outlet tripped. I reset it and tried again. Same result. >>> >>> I fear that we may be exceeding my pay grade here. I've managed to learn >>> how to replace the pump assembly (twice), and I did replace the >>> pressurestat in 2012, but I get nervous when dealing with electricity that >>> trips my safety breakers. Anyway, this is my progress so far. Any further >>> clarifications would be very welcome. Thanks! >>> >>> --Bill >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
