Thanks Aaron. I'm going to throw a new pressurestat in there and see what happens. Right now, power never makes it to the steam boiler. We'll see what happens with the new pressurestat. (sorry for the delay, this wound up in spam somehow)
Adam On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 11:17 PM Aaron Skelsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Adam, > > If the brew boiler starts up straight away, then it would be the > pressurestat switching the steam boiler off and diverting power to the brew > boiler before the pressure has built up in the steam boiler. > > Cheers, > Aaron. > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 7:27 AM Adam Meade <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> A few weeks ago, I started having intermittent problems with the steam >> boiler not getting power. When it started, the machine powered on normally >> in the morning but at some point in the day, the steam boiler would lose >> power (no red light on the front, no steam pressure, etc.). Now, it >> doesn't get power at all at machine start-up. It's as though the switch is >> off to the steam boiler... the brew boiler starts heating up right away and >> no problems at all with it. >> >> A potentially related issue is that I heard the pressure release value >> kick in a couple of times when the intermittent problems started. This >> makes me wonder if the pressurestat could be to blame (as I've replaced one >> of those already). >> >> I tried the steps in WWL electrical system test ( >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIiLeRdVWAU). The pressurestat is >> getting power from the steam boiler switch and relaying it just fine to the >> brew boiler but I can't get power to the steam boiler. The high limit >> switch on the steam boiler had resistance and seemed OK when I tested it >> according to the video. >> >> I wasn't sure how to test the steam boiler switch as I didn't see a good >> wiring diagram for it. >> >> Bad switch, pressurestat, or something else? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Adam >> >> -- >> 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/201682d2-b3d9-4dbd-87dc-cf3047caf4f5n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/201682d2-b3d9-4dbd-87dc-cf3047caf4f5n%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/CANK1YTofF%2Bx0mycudsVfC2n1AjB%3DX_0e-8CVrocPuAwDNiZAPw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CANK1YTofF%2Bx0mycudsVfC2n1AjB%3DX_0e-8CVrocPuAwDNiZAPw%40mail.gmail.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/CAOJZtC%2BneP3gjvTGo17DSz6h6soFUbVU-V5eaHzSHNR2NMQmsQ%40mail.gmail.com.
