If it brews normally then the fill solenoid valve for the steam boiler is probably sticking or partially plugged.
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 4:29 PM herman dickens <[email protected]> wrote: > Mine always buzzed for a few seconds and it was the vibe pump. > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Does this sound like a sticking solenoid to anyone else out there besides >> me? Or perhaps a failing vibe pump? >> b >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 26, 2017, at 11:59 AM, Howard Griffin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I have had my Brewtus III-V (vibration pump) for almost seven years. Its >> usual behavior upon startup has been to buzz for a few seconds (5-10 >> seconds) and then start to heat up. The buzzing usually terminates with a >> very brief uptick in volume before stopping. A typographical representation >> might look like this: [click on] rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRR [noise stops machine >> begins to heat up]. Sometimes there would be no buzzing at all upon turning >> it on and it would begin to heat up right away. This was its normal >> behavior until recently. >> >> >> >> Now, when I turn it on the buzzing frequently goes on for a very long >> time—up to three or four minutes before resolving in an uptick in volume, >> like this: >> >> >> >> [click on] >> rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRR >> [noise stops machine begins to heat up]. Sometimes it still starts up with >> no noise and begins to heat up right away. >> >> >> >> Is something about to fail on the machine? What should I check? Any >> advice would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> Howard >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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.
