Mike did you ever find a pressurestat? Mine failed today and Chris Coffee is out of them. WLL showed out as well.
Herman On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 4:31 PM 'Mike Walsh' via Brewtus < [email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all, > > Thanks for the encouragement and help. > > I pulled out a couple of crescent wrenches and disassembled the vacuum > breaker valve, and replaced the o-ring without any issues. The old one was > pretty shrunken and dry as you'd image. There really wasn't much crud or > scale that I could see, so I quickly hit it with a scrubby but didn't go > too crazy. As easy as that was, I'll just keep doing that until the bag of > 10 is gone, and then trade out the whole part with the spare I have :) > > And no more pstat sticking so far, but I know if it sticks once, it's > probably going to get worse, not better. I'll get on the phone with WLL or > CC tomorrow to look into a new psat. > > Q: I assume the pstat is fairly easy to change out? > > Q: With the Jaeger, the wiring point locations are different, do the > existing wires reach OK, or did you have to extend them Herman? > > Q: Since I rarely use the steam boiler anyway, if the pstat sticks again > is there an easy way to "disable" the steam boiler and just run the brew > boiler? I can dig in the archives, but if the answer is as simple as "just > pop off one of the connectors on the element on the bottom", that would be > great to hear and avoid the searching. > > Q: I swore I could hear a very, very faint continuing steam leak, but > maybe now a few hours later the o-ring has softened and settled because now > it's dead silent. And of course my "cycle time" of heating the steam > boiler is WAY better (it's been as short as 90 seconds with the bad > o-ring). Now when it heats it'll generally turn on at about 1.05 bar and > then most of the time turns off at 1.25, but I've seen some variability up > to sometimes 1.3, 1.35. It'll typically settle around 1.2, then slowly > decrease over about 4m45s until it turns on again. Does that sound > reasonable? > > Thanks for any and all continued help. > > PS: Adam, if I get to pulling the Brewtus apart at all and you want to > come on down to Cary, you are welcome to come by, I'll let you know. An > extra set of hands is always helpful, and it sounds like you are a bit more > advanced on the plumbing side than me. > > -mike > > On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 8:26:40 AM UTC-4, Adam Meade wrote: >> >> Hi Mike, >> >> I'm in Raleigh and last fall, I was attempting to fix a steam leak and >> broke the part that comes out of the steam boiler on my Brewtus IV. I >> called around and end up taking it to the Appliance Service Center on Peace >> Street. However, I can't say that I'd fully recommend them. The owner did >> not communicate well and when I dropped it off, I wasn't sure if he had >> experience with espresso machines as the place was strewn with old junk of >> every sort and no signs of espresso gear. However, he was somehow able to >> source a part that WLL had back ordered and did get it put back together. >> On the other hand, he didn't test it before I picked it up so there were >> multiple steam leaks and I ended up disassembling everything on my own >> anyway and putting in high-temp plumbers tape. He also put the steam >> gauge back on crooked. On the whole, I wouldn't go back there unless I was >> really desperate and I'd first try to fix it myself if I could. The crazy >> thing was when I went to check on it once, someone else had dropped off an >> identical Brewtus IV there! >> >> Good to meet another Brewtus owner in the area. >> >> --Adam >> >> On Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 6:14:42 PM UTC-4, herman dickens wrote: >>> >>> Mike the red high temp o-rings seem to work fine on mine. I've had it >>> since the month the BII's came out and I can't even tell you how many times >>> I've replaced it. You could have a pressurestat sticking. Mine did and the >>> same thing happened. I got the Jaeger Pressurstat from Chris coffee and it >>> worked a lot better than the one that came on it. The first Jaeger lasted 8 >>> years, 2nd 8 months, 3rd is several years old. I think I got a bad one the >>> second time. I don't know of anyone around Raleigh but I'll ask around. I'm >>> just north of Louisburg so not too far away. Keep us posted if you have >>> problems. >>> >>> Herman >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 5:54 PM 'Mike Walsh' via Brewtus < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> Grateful for any help. I've had this Brewtus II for years, and I'm >>>> probably the 2nd or 3rd owner of it. To my knowledge, no maintenance of >>>> any kind has ever been done on the machine. I fire it up twice a day, and >>>> pull a shot - I rarely use the steam boiler. I've had no water leaks or >>>> anything else significant to this point. >>>> >>>> I turned on the machine to warm it up today, and sometime WELL after it >>>> would have come up to temp we heard a very loud sound (I honestly thought >>>> our pug dog had passed really loud gas), and the sound of steam coming out >>>> of the Brewtus under the cover. I quickly turned it off, gathered some >>>> tools, and took off the cover. I then turned it back on, and waited to see >>>> what happened. >>>> >>>> I found I've got hissing from the vacuum breaker valve, but I've had >>>> that for years. I've had a full replacement valve (the kind with the white >>>> insert), as well as a bag of the little o-rings as another option, but life >>>> got busy and I've used neither.... Let's hold on that thought. >>>> >>>> The safety value was hissing as well this time, so I popped it DOWN, >>>> and it seemed to settle. If it is hissing at all, I can't tell it over the >>>> vacuum breaker valve. I've let it cool a bit and warm back up a few times, >>>> and have not had the big problem reoccur, and the brew gauge shows a very >>>> solid maximum of 1.2 bars, so I don't think it's an out of control pressure >>>> stat or anything. I grabbed a pair of pliers and worked it UP against the >>>> spring pressure and rotated it a number of times just to make sure if there >>>> was any crud I broke it up or moved it. >>>> >>>> So... >>>> >>>> 1 - any thoughts or concerns on the safety valve? Is this just some >>>> weird one-off? Anything I should do or watch/listen for? >>>> >>>> 2 - Obviously I need to get off my rear and do something about the >>>> vacuum breaker valve. >>>> >>>> - I assume just put on the full assembly one I have rather then >>>> messing with repairing the other one's o-ring? >>>> >>>> - Any precautions I need to do like holding the lower part of the >>>> assembly to keep it from rotating when I wrench off the vacuum breaker >>>> value, or can I just take a wrench and spin off the vacuum breaker valve? >>>> I don't want to break anything. If I need to hold it, is a pair of pliers >>>> sufficient? >>>> >>>> - STUPID question: do I have to move the fridge and crawl back there >>>> to turn off the plumbed-in water line before doing the repair? >>>> >>>> I'm hoping this is fairly quick, and I'll go back to good operation. I >>>> appreciate any advice! >>>> >>>> PS: I imagine at some point this machine will need real maintenance, >>>> does anyone know anyone in the Raleigh, NC area that works on these >>>> machines? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. 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