Hi Ben - just had the first breaker trip in the 10 years I have had my BII. Saw this post, and have the video cued up, and can do the testing, but pretty sure I have a steam boiler element issue just because of the occasional overheating with a new Jaeger. So will start with the unplugging the wires and checking resistance and short to ground.
I didnt see any videos of how to remove the boiler in order to remove the element, is there a guide or other post that will show those steps? Sure missed my morning shots... Thanks, Steve On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 11:24:53 AM UTC-4, bmacpiper wrote: > > Morning all-- > After my recent total teardown and clean and rebuild (B2, PID, rotary), I > finally got parts yesterday. I replaced both over-temp switches (one per > boiler) and the thermoprobe in the brew boiler. I have re-attached all > wires per my pre-teardown photographs and triple checked them all. > > When I turn the machine on, my breaker trips--it is an arc fault and > ground fault breaker, so not sure which one is tripping it, but since the > outlets on this circuit are all new and otherwise functioning properly, I'm > assuming it's a short to ground. > > So far I tried pulling one wire from each boiler and turning on; no > change. The big red switch does feel a little chunky, but not overly so. > The machine has been on a timer for about 7 years, so the switch normally > hasn't been used. > > Other notes-- > --Is there a "backwards" way to install the overlimit switches? I assume > they're non-directional? > --My citric solution took the plating off the heating elements--they are > now shiny copper. Can this cause a fault? > --Can the big red switch cause a ground fault? > --Are there other really obvious things I should test? > > Really looking forward to that first shot...hoping it will be today... > > best, > bmc > > Sent from my apple IIe -- 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.
