Hi Mike, I would really appreciate if you would show the pinout you figured out. I have an old Brewtus with a Giemme RL 1E/2C+KNC/F and although still working seeing how you wired up the 01.03.0036 would be very helpful. Thanks, Blair On Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 7:31:42 PM UTC-6 Enders13 wrote:
> If you search for the brewtus Control Board Retrofit you get a great PDF > that shows you the wire config for a RL0 1E/SIC/F + LED or 01.00.0039 Which > pretty much matches the old RL 1E/2C+KNC/F with the bonus of two internal > relays instead of 1. > > I can not find that newer Giemme unit in the UK. My old one I've repaired > twice, new transformer and new relay as they do burn out with all the > autofilling. My repairs were back when my soldering was, barely ok and a > bit hand fisted so I thought time to replace with new. > > I took a punt and bought the 01.03.0036 and hooked it up. Bang! oops did > something wrong. After much web searching turns out L doesn't mean live it > means light, so I had hooked up live and neutral to a closed cirquit, the > the reservior low level light which is on one of 3 relays and normally > closed. I burnt out the trace! > > Fortunately this trace is not needed as I don't use a reservoir, I could > fix it but..... > > Once I nailed the pinout all is good and it's in and tested. You have to > ground out the reservoir sensor or it thinks it's empty and won't heat the > steam boiler. I thought I had smoked £85 quid but in the end I'm all good. > The contacts on the relay did burn. I pulled it appart to make sure it's > not fused and in the process broke both wires off the coil but managed to > re-solder them and the relay is working fine. I may replace it one day. > > Thought I'd share for anyone wanting to replace the old control unit. This > one has 3 internal relays so effectively an upgrade and should be longer > lasting. Happy to write up a pinout if there's any demand. > > [image: IMG_20220119_210019__01.jpg][image: > gaggia_ts_controller-1600x1200.jpg] > > Mike. > -- 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/b03f72f0-35ad-4eba-bb57-0ee07dbca3f7n%40googlegroups.com.
