Ok, brewtus works like this: 1. steam boiler gets heat until pstat says its at pressure 1a. the light by the lever is lit when the steam boiler is requesting heat 2. once steam boiler is at pressure then the brew boiler gets heat according to the pid.
So it sounds like core issue is your steam boiler isn't coming to pressure so brew boiler never gets a chance to heat which is why the pid display shows room temperature. Brewtus 4 has a switch to bypass the steam boiler. There's a way to manually wire the pstat so the brew boiler gets priority but I've never done it. If you run the machine without a steam boiler the temp isn't as stable. Fixes: There is an overtemp switch on top of the steam boiler, it triggers if steam boiler gets too hot, for example if it has no water (but in that case the pump would be running continiously, so probably that's not your problem.) The overtemp switch has a tiny little button on top, you can press down on it and see if it goes click. Sometimes that is the entire solution. If you have a voltmeter test that the overtemp switch is getting voltage. Then test that heating element spades at the bottom of steam boiler are getting voltage. If your heating element is toast you'll see voltage but get no heat and you'll need to replace the steam boiler's heating element. Eric On Monday, November 25, 2024 at 7:54:08 PM UTC-8 Sam Macaluso wrote: > Hi, > > Recently , temp on the PID started dropping and now just sits on 21 deg > c. The light is on next to the lever, but the temp wont go up. > I've replaced the temp probe that fits in the boiler, but still the same > issue. > > Any ideas? > > Cheers > Sam > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/71b0f903-df8d-49b5-9d19-58997dd4a1cbn%40googlegroups.com.
