Hi, I ordered and replaced the SSR and the situation seems to be resolved. Around the base of the original SSR was some grease - dielectric grease I would guess. Is there anything special I should replace it with, or will generic dielectric grease do?
Thanks for the info, Dave. I had supposed the SSR functions as a switch. As expected, the brew boiler heats if T1/L1 is shorted. Instead, I was wondering about the mode of failure of the SSR. I don't know the internal composition of the device. For a while, the heating/not heating of the brew boiler was sporadic. When the machine sat for a long time, on power up the brew boiler received voltage for a while, now and then long enough to reach brew temperature. Once the voltage stopped going to the brew boiler it would not come back until the machine had sat for a long while. If I had to guess, I would guess that the relay would function until it had warmed up a certain amount, or had been so warm for a bit. But this is a very blind guess. Does this sound reasonable to someone who is familiar with the device? Also, out of curiosity, any thoughts about what might bring about the failure of the relay? Thanks very much to everyone for the helpful input. cheers, -wb -- 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.
