I installed both but didn't go rotary, yet :). I just installed the joysticks on mine as well last Friday. I'm still not sure about the rotary upgrade but may do that in the future. I really like the foam knife and I installed that around the same time as the controller and pid kit. The e1 code is for over temp so the pid may fix the problem. It would still be nice to know for sure that's it though. If it's 10 years old replacing the controller at the same time might save you some work down the road. I installed my controller first because I suspected that the problems I had were because of that. The controller fixed my problems but after a couple of days I installed the pid anyway. It's been trouble free since then. If you replace both I'd replace them one at the time to verify that you don't create a problem on the installation. In your case I would do the pid first. That said I would try to verify the problem is in the controller so you don't fry the new pid. Check the thermowell and see if you see any problems with the wiring. That's where my problem was.
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Stephen Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > Bone stock except for Jaeger p-stat, no other issues on this 10+ old > machine. > > I'm ok with putting some $$ into it if it is that time. > > New controller and pid? If I'm doing that I might as well go rotary too. > > Thanks, > Steve > > > On Aug 22, 2016, at 3:16 PM, herman dickens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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. 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