I walked into the kitchen this evening to discover my Brewtus IV-R hissing. I immediately looked at the steam boiler pressure gauge. It was at 2. The safety release valve hadn't tripped yet, but it would soon.
I thought, "Damn, the pressure switch has failed" (second time in two years). Having replaced the pressure switch numerous times on both my old Brewtus II and now my Brewtus IV-R, I keep new replacements on hand. So, after letting the Brewtus cool down some, I swapped out the pressurestat in the machine and hooked up a new one. Easy-peasy, right? Wrong. Turning the Brewtus on again, the steam pressure rose to 1.2 and just kept going. So, if the pressure switch isn't the problem, what is? Why is the heating element in the steam boiler not shutting off? Having already had a problem last year with scale causing the refill valve to stick, I'm wondering if I have another malfunction due to hard water scale. Is that the likely culprit, or has something else failed? -- 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/217305fe-3daf-412b-a909-529a38c12583n%40googlegroups.com.
