Someone with more expertise than I should answer this. I have a Brewtus II bought in 2006 that is working well even though I have never descaled it. I am living in NYC and suspect that I got away with this because of the quality of our water.
I visited WLL in Rochester years ago because of difficulty installing a PID upgrade. I discussed descaling with Todd at the time. He advised me NOT to descale myself. Instead take it to a shop who would remove the boilers and do the descaling. The reason was that for a machine that has not been descaled in a long time, descaling at home might cause scaling segments to break off and clog the lines. It sounds like your descaling effort may have clogged either a line or your pump. On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 8:24:11 PM UTC-5 Wilson007 wrote: > I've gone a few years between descaling (I know...) and after doing it > (with Dezcal) yesterday, my pump doesn't seem able to hold pressure. It's a > Brewtus IV w/ vibration pump purchased from WLL made in 2015. It was > working perfectly fine yesterday before the descale. > > Here's a vid pulling a shot: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bw46gnoAaTTJjNMP8 > > Here's a vid with a backflush blind insert: > https://photos.app.goo.gl/F2VvWbcgnCvnSgXPA > > As you can see/hear, it'll get to 9-10 bar then the pump weakens/shuts > down like it can't hold the pressure, then restart once it goes down to > 4-5ish bar. > > I tried descaling 2 more times. Some brown sediment came out of the faucet > during rinsing, but it's otherwise doing the same thing. Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance. > -- 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/19c6c643-09f9-44be-861b-50211709e030n%40googlegroups.com.
