Nicholas, Your experience sounds just like what I'm going through as well with my Brewtus III. Same symptoms, flashing firmware that then stabilizes when the machine heats up. The issue started for me when a pressure stat failed and tons of steam was vented into the machine case last November. While it looks bad, it's been functional for nearly a year this way, the only real operational problem is that it's been impossible for me to switch the PID over to Fahrenheit for some reason.
However, I noticed my warm up time has been getting progressively longer in the last month or so (now takes roughly 45 min when it used to take 25 +/-) so I just ordered a new PID. Haven't had time to install it yet, but hoping to get to it this weekend. I'll update this thread when I get a chance to change it out. Best! Mike On Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 3:04:32 AM UTC-7, Nicholas Majka wrote: > > Hi All, > > Have a Brewtus III with rotary pump for about 10 years. Only issues have > been cracked copper fitting, replaced vacuum relief valve, and replaced a > failed pressurestat. > > Over the past few months, the PID would flicker and show '104' (firmware?) > on screen while flashing but still able to pull shots and steam. > > Yesterday the PID was flashing very rapidly (maybe 3-5x per second) and > when I went to pull a shot the water was room temperature. Steam/water > dispenser were fine. > > I don't have electrical testing equipment but followed the WLL > troubleshooting video, checked for loose wires and noticed the light on the > SSR is NOT illuminated. > > Now when I turn the machine off and then back on, there is no PID reading > for several minutes until the steam boiler gets warm, then the PID starts > to light up (still flickering). The brew boiler is still not heating, and > dispenses room temperature water even after several hours of being on. > > Any thoughts? Bad PID? SSR? > > Thanks for all your help! > > > -- 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.
