On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:16:03 PM UTC+2, [email protected] wrote: > > Dear Friends > > Kindly advise me on a few issues I have been having with my 3 week old > Brewtus IV-R running off a tank: > > 1. The grouphead sometimes does not get hot enough even after 40 minutes. > It gets warm, but not hot, sometimes. > > 2. I think the rotary pump is noisier than it should be and the cups are > now rattling which is new > > 3. When starting the shot, the pressure dips briefly before escalating to > brew pressure. This happens consistently whether using coffee, blind disc > or nothing (see video). > > 4. The water coming out of the grouphead has been cloudy of recent. > > 5. The grouphead lets out puffs of steam from time to time, mostly after a > shot but also when just free running the group. These have splashed and > burned on more than one occasion. > > 6. If I wire a 2 pin plug so that I can use my WiFi plug, there is current > leakage and touching the machine gives you a small continuous shock. This > disappears once a 3 pin earthing plug is used, but it obviously just means > that the leaking current is being earthed, not that there is no leaking > current. I was told not to worry about this if the machine is working fine. > > The machine is still under warranty and will be looked at soon. I just > want to make sure I know what to tell the techs and that I don’t get > persuaded to accept something abnormal as normal. > > Other details: the tank is a 5L tank behind the machine. No added parts > such as flojet etc. Water is good quality spring water. > > Video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ve242qk07l3ca2z/Brewtus%20issues.MOV?dl=0 > > Any advice will be much appreciated > > Thank you in advance > > M Ameen Ally > South Africa
I am also in RSA and own a vibe model Brewtus IV bought in October 2016. I would like to know if you had your issues with the Brewtus resolved. -- 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.
