Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-08-08 Thread Eric Christoffersen
sometimes a local cell phone repair place has the gear and skills to replace the soldered components on the control board. On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:45:46 AM UTC-7 Ira wrote: > Hello David, > > Monday, July 31, 2023, 11:44:06 AM, you wrote: > > > Well, I tried to replace the relay, but

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-31 Thread Ira
Hello David, Monday, July 31, 2023, 11:44:06 AM, you wrote: > Well, I tried to replace the relay, but the original board is kind of > broken now...ooops > The espresso machine is in Austria working just fine with the new > electronic box, and I am in Sweden during the summer, so I don't see >

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-31 Thread David Bengtsson
Well, I tried to replace the relay, but the original board is kind of broken now...ooops The espresso machine is in Austria working just fine with the new electronic box, and I am in Sweden during the summer, so I don't see any reason to to more repairs right now. Thank you for the support :) >

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-31 Thread David Bengtsson
I had the same problem with the delay as described in the first email in this thread. I'm pretty sure the problem is the relay inside the electronic box, but I ended up replacing the complete box. Solved my problem. (It is a bit tricky without the correct tools and knowledge to remove just the

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-28 Thread Eric Christoffersen
Yes The control board is behind that black plastic cover. The machine has a priority to keep boiler full, so boiler level sensor talks to control board and if low the board switches solenoid valve to fill and it runs the pump. No matter what you want the brew fill is the boss because heating

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-26 Thread HowardG
To Rob K, I just want to be certain here: 1) your problem was that the steam boiler would not refill after the machine warmed up, and 2) your replacement of the controller solved this problem. Is this correct? My and Dunja's problem is different. The pump delays in starting after lifting the

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-26 Thread Rob K
I replaced that controller when my B-II steam boiler would not refill after the machine warmed up. When I looked at the board inside the box, the only thing that was obvious was there was a dark spot on one of the relays. WLL did not think that it could be the problem but everything else in

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-24 Thread howardgriffin
OK. I will do that tomorrow and take some pics and post them here.Sent from my iPadOn Jul 24, 2023, at 8:06 PM, Eric Christoffersen wrote: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,

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-24 Thread Eric Christoffersen
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

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-24 Thread Dunja
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.

Re: Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-22 Thread Murray Roblin
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

Pump actuation lag when raising brew lever

2023-07-21 Thread HowardG
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