Ok Jim. Followed instructions and what do you know stream is regular and forcefull and tap is hot and while not super forceful. It is adequate. You are kind of a miracle worker. Thanks so much!!!
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 12, 2020, at 10:26 PM, Jim Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hmmm – odd result, here’s a graphic depicting the Brewtus’s water flow: > <783DA6BD8F0B413F9718C9FEA8016FFA.jpg> > [Taken out of an > excellent article from ‘Bella Barista’ available here: > https://docplayer.net/18866840-Expobar-office-leva-dual-boiler.html > > Note that the hot water tap is fed directly from the bottom of the steam > boiler – quoting from the same Bella Barista article: > > “Hot Water: > The pipe for the hot water tap is at the base of the Steam/Hot Water boiler. > As the hot water tap is opened, steam pressure forces the hot water from the > boiler > through the pipe and out of the hot water outlet.” > > Something you said in an earlier post might illuminate this problem too: > “also steam wand provides water (more).” > > The steam wand shouldn’t flow water when the machine’s up to temperature, > outside of a brief ‘Sput!’ as it clears its throat – I’m suspecting that the > boiler’s not getting up to temperature (around 102-105C) – possibly because > the steam boiler has overfilled (it relies on free space in the boiler for > steam to form) and as the water expands it trips the pressurestat. > > So let’s see if bleeding the boiler helps – from a cold machine - point the > steam wand at the tray, open just the steam tap, and turn the machine on, > after roughly 20 minutes you should see water from the steam tap, when it > stops close the tap, wait a minute or two and re-open the tap. You’ll either > see more water, or very wet steam comes out. Repeat this process until dry > steam shoots out with real velocity, or you reach brewing temperature. > > Hopefully this cures the hot water problem – the next suspects are the > pressurestat or a blown stem tank heating element. > > Good Luck > > Jim > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: James Williamson > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:29 PM > To: Brewtus > Subject: Re: No group head water flow > > Hi Jim, > > The water from the hot water tap(what little trickles that I'm getting) is > Luke warm or closer to cool...too cool to even register on my thermometer. > Steam Wand and Group Head is 90+ > > James > > On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 3:19:02 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > A thin, ragged cheer from the troops... > > Congratulations, welcome to the DIY ranks - tere's a certain glee in > (temporarily) frustrating the Dark Lords of Entropy with simple tools. > > I'll do some digging on your hot water tap flow after I dislodge the sleep > cat from my lap and start dinner. > > A useful place to start would be to measure the temperature of the water from > the hot water tap. This tap is fed directly from the steam boiler so expect > at least 96C or above. > > Cheers > Jim > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/497B9E3C-9710-4BDB-AB6C-2C5B36DD59D5%40hxcore.ol. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/B591703F-12F5-4F85-B2D8-09DFF15F48E2%40gmail.com.
