For those curious, the pressurestat was to blame for the lack of steam boiler power.
Adam --sent from phone On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 8:03 PM Adam Meade <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/CAOJZtCJDL_JjgbOu7pFcdBT1Op2qL5QEerCqXiZzGnWuu5NxSg%40mail.gmail.com.
