You should be able to grab an ohm meter and check for continuity from the leads on the heating element to the copper boiler.
On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 9:03 PM Sam Macaluso <smac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Ben, > > If I disconnect the steam boiler and leave everything else connected, it > doesn't trip. As soon as I connect the steam boiler, it trips. > I'll check your posts and see if I can trace it down to something more > specific by bypassing the pressurestat. > > Cheers > Sam > > On Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 10:48:26 AM UTC+10 Ben McCafferty wrote: > >> Hey Sam— >> It’s been a minute, but I’m pretty sure that the brew boiler has priority >> if you’re on a US/120V system. So—the boilers get filled, and then the brew >> boiler fires until it’s hot, then the steam boiler fires until it’s hot. >> >> If I had to guess, I’d say the brew boiler element is the culprit. >> Checking resistance may not help you, since it can be intermittent and may >> look fine when cold. Search my old posts on bypassing the pressurestat—that >> may help you for troubleshooting. You should be able to test by putting >> power to the brew boiler, and if it trips the breaker right away (or as >> it’s heating), you’ve found the culprit. >> >> Hope that helps, and I’ll be curious to hear what you find. >> >> Best, >> b >> >> On May 2, 2023, at 17:26, Sam Macaluso <sma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> My Brewtus Minore trips the RCD/Circuit breaker after the steam boiler is >> filled. >> I though it could of been the element so replaced it but it's still doing >> the same thing. >> I've checked everything else and they all seem ok. >> Any tips or ideas what could be causing this? >> >> 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 brewtus+u...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/3ce0a30a-8ff0-4757-869c-6f59baeb1e91n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/3ce0a30a-8ff0-4757-869c-6f59baeb1e91n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- > 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/4e29d4d4-fc28-4f83-aa43-a9a9fd7297bcn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/4e29d4d4-fc28-4f83-aa43-a9a9fd7297bcn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2BX2q_q9tZy-X8m8PTnGBz_8ZuLXGfbHxC9kY3mnVvPNqt44%3DA%40mail.gmail.com.
