Thanks for jumping in Ben. I also told him to check and make sure that there was not a problem with the limit switches. If one of them went bad I think it could cause the same problem. h
On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]. > 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.
