It’s been a couple of years since I worked on my Brewtus (moved on to an ECM machine), but if I recall correctly, the brew boiler is full all the time, and only moves water when you open the group (which also activates the pump). But the steam boiler fills each time you turn on the machine, and then that causes the steam boiler to heat until it reaches pressure, at which time the pressure stat cuts power to the steam boiler and sends it to the brew boiler instead. So as I think through your problem, I wonder if you have somehow lost the connection to the water sensor in the steam boiler, which I think would cause the symptom you describe.
This should be easy to test. Unplug the machine and take off the top/cup tray. On the steam boiler, look for a wire plugged into a thin metal rod—the rod goes vertically into the steam boiler. Be sure that wire is intact, and trace it to both ends to be sure it hasn’t broken from vibration, corrosion, etc. If you can, test the wire end-to-end for continuity. If it’s not intact, you’ve found the problem. If it is, unplug it from the sensor and plug in the machine. When it’s on, carefully (don’t shock yourself) touch that wire to the top of the boiler. The pump should stop immediately. If that works, then there’s a problem in the sensor, but I really doubt that since it’s just a rod that grounds/shorts to the water in the boiler. My money is on the wire being bad, or some other cause. Hope I’m not leading you down the wrong road with my aging knowledge of this machine… best, bmc > On Nov 8, 2018, at 11:42, Arman <[email protected]> wrote: > > water comes out of the returning hose, and water is sucked in to the hose > that goes out of the machine - endlessly, doesn't stop, ever :) > > Am Donnerstag, 8. November 2018 20:37:24 UTC+1 schrieb herman dickens: > Fill the tank, put the filter back in and make sure it goes to the bottom of > the tank, turn the pump on. If water doesn't come out take the end of the > hose that returns to the tank, the one without the filter, and suck on it > with the pump running. That will prime it. > > Herman > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 2:23 PM Arman < <>arman.ma > <http://arman.ma/>[email protected] <http://gmail.com/>> wrote: > the water intake line is connected to one of those plug on water filters that > you throw in the tank. The filter was basically sitting at the bottom of the > tank. But when I noticed the issue, the tank was almost empty - so might be. > How would I fix that? > thx > > > Am Donnerstag, 8. November 2018 20:03:39 UTC+1 schrieb bmacpiper: > Wonder whether you have lost prime in the pump? Is the water intake line in > the tank floating? > b > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 8, 2018, at 10:48, Arman < <>arman.ma <http://arman.ma/>[email protected] > <http://gmail.com/>> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> since I have already fixed my Brewtus once with the help of this community >> (thanks Ira!) I'm trying my luck again. >> >> this time the pump doesn't stop after turning the machine on. I can see >> water being pumped in and out of the tank, but the pumping never stops (I >> have waited for almost 2 minutes). No spilling, no leaking. When I pull the >> leaver cold water comes out of the grouphead. The waterflow looks like it's >> working. But because the pump doesn't stop the heating of the boilers won't >> start (no red light). >> I have already unplugged the autofill probe - no change, still endless >> pumping. >> >> any ideas what's going on or what else I could try? >> >> thanks! >> Arman >> >> -- >> 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 brewtus+u...@ <>googlegroups.com <http://googlegroups.com/>. >> To post to this group, send email to bre...@ <>googlegroups.com >> <http://googlegroups.com/>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus >> <https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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 brewtus+u...@ <>googlegroups.com <http://googlegroups.com/>. > To post to this group, send email to bre...@ <>googlegroups.com > <http://googlegroups.com/>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus > <https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus > <https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
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