Congrats on it lasting so long, my original controller only lasted 7 or so years. Recently my second power switch started crumbling to dust.
Why wouldn’t you just get the pid kit? As far as I can tell there’s aesthetic reasons to get a different machine but coffee won’t be better. As you know brewtus is pretty easy to maintain. On Friday, September 24, 2021 at 2:06:50 PM UTC-7 Rob wrote: > I was replacing the temperature probe on my B-II today because I was > getting impossible temperature fluctuations after the machine was at temp > for a while. it would quickly dip down to 70c and then back up to 95c > within 30 seconds or so. While loosening the contacts on the AKO > controller i guess I held on with too much force (and it was not very > much), the entire case basically shattered because it was so brittle. it > won't seat back in the housing now and it cracked in so many places like > egg shell. Anyone have thoughts on whether to buy a new AKO controller, > upgrade to PID or just thank this machine for 15 years of service and buy > something new? > > Two years ago I replaced the Gicar control board (bad relay), pump, > pressurestat and OPV and everything was going great except the temperature > fluctuation. > > Thanks > -- 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/eb72c80d-764f-4c84-80c5-d500dc61894dn%40googlegroups.com.
