At least take a look at the control board, something burned? Relay stuck? Capacitor swollen? I'd love to understand the cause of the delay.
On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 6:44:47 AM UTC-7 Dunja wrote: > This is interesting, my Brewtus is of a similar age and I also just > encountered a similar problem: there is a 1-2 sec delay from the point I > raise the lever to the point the pump activates (and also only at the start > of the day). > Thanks for the link @Murray - that might solve this issue. > > Best, > > Dunja > > On Saturday, 22 July 2023 at 17:10:09 UTC+2 Murray Roblin wrote: > >> Someone reported a similar issue earlier this year (?). >> >> https://groups.google.com/g/brewtus/c/ngwkLjW_54w >> >> >> On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 9:30:09 AM UTC-7 HowardG wrote: >> >>> My 13-year-old Brewtus III-V has developed another issue. There is now >>> an initial three-second lag between the time I raise the brew lever and >>> when the pump activates. However, this behavior only occurs on the *first >>> *pump actuation of a brewing session: that is, after having turned on >>> the power to the machine and having allowed it to heat up. It does not >>> happen on subsequent brew-lever actuations of the pump once the machine has >>> come up to temp. >>> >>> I have also noticed that when I power on the cold machine, the pump >>> often actuates immediately, presumably to add water to a boiler. There is >>> no lag on these occasions when switching on the power. The lag only occurs >>> on the first actuation of the pump by raising the brew lever. >>> >>> Any ideas? Could it be something wrong with the brew-lever switch the >>> sticks through the case and rests against a cam of the lever? Is it >>> possible to get a replacement switch? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Howard Griffin >>> >> -- 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 brewtus+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/04d78cc3-61da-4286-ae38-9e0cdfa9adc2n%40googlegroups.com.
