Yeah, it failed at 90 days, which is sort of understandable but the reaction I got was not cool.
Ah well. We all have a bad day I guess. b > On Sep 26, 2016, at 12:40, herman dickens <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't blame you with the warranty issue. Part of it may have been the age of > the part. > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Could be. Maybe I’ll try again. I was as pissed about the lack of warranty as > I was about the early failure. > best, > bmc > >> On Sep 26, 2016, at 12:13, herman dickens <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> You should have better luck this time. I think they had a bad, or old, batch >> and we both got unlucky. >> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Ben McCafferty <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Thanks Herman. Yes, that's a vacuum breaker, and unfortunately not the cause >> of my moisture. I've heard the over pressure relief go off during the day >> also, and never have moisture in the cups otherwise--my machine comes on >> around 4:30 and I don't get to it until 6:30 or 7 so always dry. >> >> Good to know re jaeger, maybe I'll try one more. >> >> Best, >> bmc >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 26, 2016, at 09:57, herman dickens <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Ben I get the moisture in the cup thing for a few minutes every time my b >>> II starts up but it goes away in a few minutes. It's coming from the valve >>> in the top of the steam boiler that has the little o-ring in it. The valve >>> opens when the steam pressure is down and then closes when it builds up. >>> Every few years I have to replace that o-ring with one of the red ones and >>> it works fine for another year or so. I have several if you need some. My >>> steam issue is not from the opv. I'm guessing it's a vacuum breaker. I was >>> having trouble with my pump not coming on last year and replaced the >>> controller and it fixed it. Not sure if that's your issue but it may very >>> well be. As to the pstat. I got another jager last year from Chris and it's >>> been working fine. they had a new batch and both of ours that failed had >>> old dates on them. Hope I helped. >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> Hope you’ve had a good weekend! It seems this morning is an active day for >>> the group, so might as well add my current issues with everyone else’s, and >>> ask for the help of the braintrust. >>> >>> (B2, rotary/plumbed and PID conversions, about 8 years old I think) >>> >>> First, the easy one, mainly posting this for archives. I’ve noticed >>> moisture in my back right cup on the warming tray a couple of times this >>> past week, indicating the over pressure relief has opened on the steam >>> boiler. Red flag. A couple of days ago, the steam boiler wouldn’t heat >>> after dropping to .5 bar; I reversed the wires on the p-stat, but no love. >>> Switched them back and it began to heat. My likely diagnosis is that it had >>> stuck, and me fiddling with it caused it to un-stick, so the wire reversal >>> didn’t yield anything. Working normally again now, but moisture on the cups >>> again this morning, so it’s probably about to fail since it seems to be >>> sticking in both positions. Sigh. About a year old, once again. So, do I >>> buy another stock unit that fails quickly, or gamble another $60 on a >>> Jaeger that will either last 5 years, or 90 days, and not be warrantied by >>> Chris’ Coffee? Hmmm… >>> >>> The second problem is one I asked about a number of weeks back. The first >>> symptom was that the pump would occasionally just start running, and >>> continue for 60 seconds or more. This has mostly subsided, but now the pump >>> will run waaaaaaaay to often, for just a second or two. At its worst, it >>> will run every 30-60 seconds, for a few seconds each time. At minimum, it >>> will run every few minutes. >>> >>> The only logical thing I can think of is that somehow the steam boiler is >>> losing volume to a leak, and causing the pump to refill it. But, there are >>> no leaks that I can find; no water under the machine, not even a steady >>> drip from the group into the drip tray. Since I’m plumbed in, I also don’t >>> think I’m pushing water backwards to the water line, but perhaps? My house >>> pressure is about 50-60psi, so quite high. Since the steam boiler is set to >>> about 1.5bar (about 22psi), it seems unlikely that this would be possible. >>> >>> I guess I did have one other idea, which was that the volume-adjustment >>> rod/sensor (the one that inserts into the steam boiler, with a wire on top, >>> to shut off the pump when water reaches it) might be scaled and so making a >>> poor connection/ground. I doubt this, however, since I had basically no >>> scale last year when everything was torn down, and I rarely de-scale the >>> machine. So a year later I doubt this non-heating and highly polished piece >>> has accumulated much scale, if any. >>> >>> Otherwise, all is working normally (except the p-stat of course). >>> >>> Any ideas? Is there a logic board that could be failing and causing this >>> symptom? Last year, I replaced the giemme controller, the PID, the >>> solenoid, temp probe, both high-limit switches, p-stat, etc. It seems >>> unlikely that something electronic is the cause here, but perhaps. I did >>> not replace the solid state relay, and have been told it rarely fails. But >>> could it be the culprit? I definitely am out of my league on diagnosing >>> this one. >>> >>> All best, >>> Ben >>> >>> -- >>> 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:brewtus%[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] >>> <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] >> <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] >> <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] > <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] > <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. 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