Yeah, he had checked those about 27 emails ago, haha. 😀 Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 27, 2016, at 16:45, herman dickens <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
