You need to put heat transfer paste. You can use the same stuff that is used for processors in computers. Thermal paste is available online. If you don't use it you will probably have another failure. Good luck.
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 1:55 PM, William Boshuck <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
