If disconnecting it and letting the brew boiler come up to operating temp allows it to work properly, that’s certainly a valuable clue. Wonder if your controller is wonky or if there’s an intermittent connection or cross wiring somewhere. If you can check voltages while these things are happening, that’ll undoubtedly offer more clues.
Doesn’t sound like pressurestat failure but in the process of R&R something is reset. JP From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of triplereef Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Boiler pressure won't stop rising I've notcied thay my pstat on the brewtus will fail about once a quarter - if i disconnect the steam boiler, let the main boiler heat up first and then reconnect, it is all of a sudden ok. I'm on my third pstat and the current one is a well built $80 part. I've taken it off several times to check for scale build up and nothing. I think theres a weird back-pressure gremlin that sucks the diaphragm down on occasion and I just need to reboot, as they say. On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 10:48 AM Jonathan Stroum <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Are you adjusting the pressurestat with the thumb wheel? Sure the wiring is correct? JP From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Herman Dickens Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 7:37 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Boiler pressure won't stop rising Sounds like the pressurestat.. Herman On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 12:28 AM billherbst <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: 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] <mailto:[email protected]> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/217305fe-3daf-412b-a909-529a38c12583n%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/217305fe-3daf-412b-a909-529a38c12583n%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] <mailto:[email protected]> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAM9mha2BwOnxsHqv6F8bLqg%3DsjOB0Zp34av7s8U2Z8jjx7R0DA%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAM9mha2BwOnxsHqv6F8bLqg%3DsjOB0Zp34av7s8U2Z8jjx7R0DA%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] <mailto:[email protected]> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/01cd01d7e14a%24b25b8210%2417128630%24%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/01cd01d7e14a%24b25b8210%2417128630%24%40gmail.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] <mailto:[email protected]> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAA-TRKqjM5K59EiF7re3GWP5igpS7c40KaYgyjmtrUwQVcqqBQ%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAA-TRKqjM5K59EiF7re3GWP5igpS7c40KaYgyjmtrUwQVcqqBQ%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/01e001d7e14e%241c1780c0%2454468240%24%40gmail.com.
