On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 01:14:43PM -0700, HERMAN wrote: > > what does your pressure guage on the front of the machine read? if there is > too much pressure the valve is doing it's job and you probably have another > problem, like the pressurestat. >
The safety valve is constantly hissing -- the main issue with that is some mornings I wake up and the machine is off because all the water was sent out the safety valve as steam! :-) The pressure builds fine to 1.4 (the setting of my p-stat), but drops faster than it used to, and kicks in again at 1.2. I created a cone of paper to let me hear exactly where the problem was (a pretty cheap stethoscope!), and steam appears to be coming out the bottom of the safety valve. Has anyone rebuilt / cleaned a safety valve? A 50/50 mix of vinagre/peroxide (aka peracetic acid) for a few mins should do the trick... Thanks, js. > --- On Fri, 9/12/08, Jean-Sebastien Morisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Jean-Sebastien Morisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: "Safety Valve" is leaking... >> To: "brewtus" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 4:13 PM >> Hi everyone, >> >> The "Safety Valve" (Brewtus Compendium, p.8 #37) >> is leaking on my steam >> boiler. Is this something we can disassemble and clean, or >> do I have to >> order a new one? >> >> Thanks, >> js. >> -- >> Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Administrator >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > > > -- Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
