You might have a bad pressurestat. Ben and I both got bad jagers. You can remove the steam element but you need an impact wrench and a strap wrench to hold the boiler. There's a hole in the bottom of the unit that you can get the socket through. Make sure your pstat is not bad first
On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 1:49 PM, StevieG. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
