I'm sorry I didn't ask before but how old is your machine? Have you had any problems leading up to this? I have a bII and ended up replacing the controller and doing a pid conversion earlier this year and it solved several problems I was having.
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Stephen Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Ok, connected steam boiler wires to brew boiler – it did NOT pop the GFI, > and is now coming up to temperature. > > So, looks like it is not the boiler element – what’s next to check? > > Steve > > From: <[email protected]> on behalf of <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 22, 2016 at 1:16 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Dead short? > > I agree with Ben. > > Sent from my android device. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 1:06 PM > Subject: Re: Dead short? > > So let’s try steam boiler wires to brew boiler, with brew wires > disconnected and taped, and see what happens there. If that trips the gfi, > I’d say you have your solution. > > b > > On Aug 22, 2016, at 10:02, Stephen Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry guys - I did not connect the steam boiler wires to the brew boiler. > > It was the brew boiler wires connected to the steam boiler that did not > pop the GFI. > > My bad. > > Thanks, > Steve > > > On Aug 22, 2016, at 12:54 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Wait a second—I thought you said this *did* pop the gfi. (What you said to > Herman). > > Here’s what I think you’ve found, please correct if needed: > > With all normal wiring, gfi trips immediately when cold and turned on. > > With both boilers disconnected, gfi does not trip. > > With wiring reversed to opposite boilers, gfi trips. > > With brew wires connected to steam boiler, steam wires disconnected, gfi > does not trip. > > With steam wires connected to brew boiler, brew wires disconnected, gfi > trips. > > OK, that’s it—what you said to Herman below is directly opposite to my > last statement, so please let us know. > > best, > bmc > > On Aug 22, 2016, at 09:28, StevieG. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Herman, > > I did that check, and it did not pop the GFI. The pump ran, lights were > on - this was with the steam boiler wires connected to the brew boiler. > > Thanks! > 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 [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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google. > com/d/topic/brewtus/NvCLUH025_k/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > > > -- > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/brewtus/NvCLUH025_k/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. 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