Anyone know the socket size needed for the element? No dice at HF, will need to find one online once I know the size.
Thanks, Steve On Aug 28, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: Good luck, keep us posted. bmc > On Aug 28, 2016, at 09:56, Stephen Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fortunately I already have the element and my own impact wrench, but not the > correct size socket. The largest I have is a 32mm, and that's not even close. > > Will stop by Harbor Freight with the new element on the way to the airport, > then over and out until Friday. > > Thanks all! > Steve > > On Aug 28, 2016, at 12:19 PM, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Ben, > > Sunday, August 28, 2016, 9:00:23 AM, you wrote: > > > Still scratching my head over the resistance, but...walks like a duck, quacks > like a duck... > > > A GFI will trip with a 10 meg ohm resistance and many meters see that as an > open as in the world of auto mechanics, home owners and electricians, the > need to see that high a resistance is essentially never needed and making it > happen costs money they don't want to spend. My Fluke can see stuff like > that, but it cost close to $400. The reason I had him try measuring the case > to ground with the machine plugged into a 2 prong outlet was to simulate > something that would measure high resistance. The fact he saw voltage when we > did that would tend to indicate it was always the element. FWIW, shorting > the RTD leads to ground should not be able to cause any sort of problem other > than bad readings, it certainly will not cause a GFI to trigger unless the > Gicar box is fried in some very unusual and theoretically impossible to occur > fashion. > > 99% or more of the time, GFIs trigger because of a bad element or water > dripping on an electrical connection where that water can bridge the wire to > ground, most > commonly heating element terminals. > > And in case you don't know, heating elements come out easily with an impact > wrench. A friendly mechanic will probably do it for a 6 pack if you take the > boiler out. > > -- Ira > > -- > 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 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.
