Re: Dead short?

[Graeme Burton]

Could be a crack or pinhole in the element in that case. I have seen this before in a commercial machine. Also did you check resistance is very high (open circuit) between boiler and element leg (with machine off and element disconnected of course) ? Graeme From: StevieG. Sent: Monday, 22 August 2016 00:04 To: Brewtus Reply To: brewtus@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Dead short? Hi Graeme - it is a GFI that pops, which happened also when I plugged it into a GFI on a different circuit. Just plugged everything in with the tank pressure switch active, but the brew boiler element disconnected.  Lights on and pump running. Thx! Steve On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 11:53:44 AM UTC-4, GRB wrote: Does the breaker pop immediately when machine cold? Trying to work if you have an over current situation (short) or an earth leakage fault (eg water mixing with electricity etc). Is it a gfi/rcd  breaker‎ or just a current over load breaker? Graeme From: StevieG. Sent: Sunday, 21 August 2016 23:31 To: Brewtus Reply To: bre...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Dead short? Good morning! Finally getting around to troubleshooting after some heavy travel weeks, but fortunately not the days that Delta was offline :) How can you drain the boiler without the pump? I disconnected the line on top of the steam boiler where the p-stat connects, and removed the knurled nut from the pump intake line, and some water came out but it doesn't look like the whole boiler amount. Getting about 13.5 ohms across the element connectors on the steam boiler, and 13.4 on the brew boiler.   Steam boiler disconnected, power on doesn't pops breaker.   Brew boiler connected, power on pops breaker.   Steam boiler connected, brew boiler disconnected doesn't pop breaker.   This is with the water tank pressure switch disconnected, so nothing else is powered up.  Now wondering why I am getting the same resistance across both elements, and if something other than the element could be shorted? Thanks for your help! Steve -- 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 brewtus+u...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bre...@googlegroups.com. 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 brewtus+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to brewtus@googlegroups.com. 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 brewtus+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to brewtus@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.