Re: Brewtus III Brew Temp does not increase

2013-03-30 Thread Marcus Mininger
Todd et al, Is it possible that a pressurestat problem explains the Water Boiler Temp problem I asked about in my post on March 9? Frustratingly, no one ever responded to my post, so I am still completely without espresso at this point. I would appreciate any perspective that people might

Brewtus IV-R Brew Boiler not heating

2013-03-30 Thread bewiebe
I'm starting a new thread because I think the existing one I had contained a lot of red herrings. Here's the problem. The steam boiler works great but the brew boiler will not heat. We know the steam boiler heats first and then power goes to the brew boiler once the steam boiler is hot. Also,

Re: Brewtus IV-R Brew Boiler not heating

2013-03-30 Thread Todd Salzman
It sounds like the PID control system is working correctly. Try the manual reset high limit on top of the brew boiler. Just push on the red stem between the wires (unplug the machine first). Now, make sure the two wires that go to the heating element on the brew boiler are hooked up. If the

Re: Brewtus IV-R Brew Boiler not heating

2013-03-30 Thread Ira
At 02:58 PM 3/30/2013, you wrote: Does anyone have some great ideas on what to suggest? I've been at this for a few weeks and now its getting personal. It man against machine and I'm determined to get this thing working. I also suspect that when I finally do, it will be a very simple thing.

Brewtus gasket

2013-03-30 Thread Bill Brockhouse
Can anyone explain how to change the gasket in the Brewtus in the e61 brew group? I'm getting leakage. -- 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

Re: Brewtus IV-R Brew Boiler not heating

2013-03-30 Thread bewiebe
Thank you Ira and Todd, Todd, my Brewtus IV Rotary does not have a little red reset button, neither on the brew boiler nor the steam boiler. However, I'm sure its the same thing and that's a little brass peg in between the power connectors on the top of the brew boiler. I did push on that

Re: Brewtus IV-R Brew Boiler not heating

2013-03-30 Thread Ira
At 06:40 PM 3/30/2013, you wrote: Does this mean that the heater is faulty? I see on there are a couple of bolts that would be removed with a hex wrench (allen key here in Canada). Assuming you think it is the heater element, do all I need to do is remove the small hex bolts and replace the