Thanks Eric- I assume you mean multi-meter? Any one in particular you recommend?
I recently moved apartments and the problem was present in both, but that is a very good point to check the electricity source before focusing on the machine! On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 9:34:23 AM UTC-4, Eric Christoffersen wrote: > > Could be lots of stuff. Buy a digital millimeter. Check voltage at the > wall, the heating elements, to the pid, in/out of ssr, etc. > > I had periodic and worsening pid problems and turned out the cause was an > old timer switch that fed the machine. Try another outlet? > > Eric > > 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.
