Did you press the reset switch on the high temp limit? It's a small red button on top of it. Mine did the same thing one time and if I remember correctly that was the problem.
Herman On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 7:12 PM winnipegger65 <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings Ira, > > Yes indeed I do have a voltmeter. I tried testing the voltage at the > pressure stat. When the steam boiler was off, I was getting a steady 115V > to the brew boiler. So far so good. When the steam boiler engaged, the > voltage to the brew boiler dropped to zero. Also, so far so good. However, > the voltage to the steam boiler would bounce around from 115V to 85V to 3V, > back up to 115V etc. Another odd thing...when the steam boiler thought it > was 'hot enough', I tried rotating the ring on the pressure stat clockwise. > This *should* have re-engaged the steam boiler to increase the pressure. It > did not do that. Even odder (perhaps), earlier today, the steam pressure > would not get above 0.4 bar. Trying again, later tonight, steam pressure > would get up to 1.2 bar. Even at 1.2 bar, I could not get the steam > pressure to increase by rotating the ring on the pressure stat. > > Thanks as always for your thoughts Ira, > > Rich...you had a good thought there and is does make sense. I have the > cover off of the unit and still wasn't helping. I wish it did since your > comments were a good theory.. > > On Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 5:52:50 PM UTC-6 Ira wrote: > >> Hello winnipegger65, >> >> >> Sunday, January 31, 2021, 2:05:09 PM, you wrote: >> >> >> I was wondering if this is a bad pressure stat. I replaced the pressure >> stat just over a year ago and would think they would last longer than a >> year. Any ideas from you out there? >> Do you own a voltmeter or a neon test light? >> >> -- Ira >> > -- > 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/da5403c2-be78-4da5-90f5-1f1f7f988eb3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/da5403c2-be78-4da5-90f5-1f1f7f988eb3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAM9mha0wD4nyEsqHVCbJR-TaR2MgrHYvnbjPA6unkiYtwRL2ig%40mail.gmail.com.
