Crap, that sucks. But, it sounds like you needed the probe replaced anyway.
I would try to look at the wires involved with the short—try to inspect them for cracks and possible shorts to ground. Did you already check anything on the pressure stat? A couple of ways I could think to test this—one would be to remove all the wires (tag them first) and check continuity across the p-stat. You should have it to one of the outbound terminals only (the ones marked NO and NC). If there’s continuity across all three it would seem there’s a short in the part. Also, you could connect the inbound wire to the outbound wire that would continue on to the boiler (covered with tape or something to keep them from touching a boiler, etc.) and see if the GFI still trips. If not, that would rule in the p-stat as the source of the short. In other words, mimic the function of the p-stat by directly connecting the wires to each other. Short of that—no pun intended—it still seems like the element is the likely culprit, but the ohm reading is throwing me for a loop. Hmmmm…..still thinking here… bmc > On Aug 27, 2016, at 15:11, StevieG. <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the new PID, relay and temp probe installed and wired up exactly as > the diagram and pictures show. > > > > As soon as I powered it up, the GFI popped again. > > > > Disconnected the brew boiler element, powered it up, and it does not pop the > GFI. (Steam boiler element wires connected as normal) > > > > > Connect the steam boiler wires to the brew boiler, GFI popped. > > > > With the brew element reading 13.1 ohms, and the steam element reading 13.4 > ohms, what should I test next? > > > > Thanks for helping me chase this gremlin! > > > > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus > <https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
