Hi there
I have been using a pair of Backer Kettle elements in my 100L Bergland stock pot for over three years now with great success - dozens of brews. Last September, though I got the dreaded click click of the cut outs switching out half way through a boil, one after another. Aaargghhh :cry: They both went during the boil. These elements are the round connector 13A 2750w type - and the boiler was built according to Vossy's excellent howto (though the centres are 40mm from the base rather than 70mm as suggested).
Anyhoo - I had had 3 years use from them. So shrugged my shoulders and mortgaged the house to buy two more. Used those for six brews and they both went again yesterday. 20 minutes in - click, click and one had stopped, 20 minutes more and the other went the same way. One totally dead - the other cutting in and out. Maddening!
Anyone got any ideas why this sort of thing happens. Can't see anyway to get into the element to deactivate the cut out?
What to do next? - don't want to waste £40 on another pair of potentially duff elements. Can't see enough room in their for two 11" immersion heaters. Help
- anyone had this experience? Be very grateful for any advice.
(I was boiling 80L of wort to make a 60l batch of stout; we are in a soft water area and the elements are cleaned up after every brew. No obvious 'mechanical' issues visible on any of the four elements)
I'm baffled!
I have been using a pair of Backer Kettle elements in my 100L Bergland stock pot for over three years now with great success - dozens of brews. Last September, though I got the dreaded click click of the cut outs switching out half way through a boil, one after another. Aaargghhh :cry: They both went during the boil. These elements are the round connector 13A 2750w type - and the boiler was built according to Vossy's excellent howto (though the centres are 40mm from the base rather than 70mm as suggested).
Anyhoo - I had had 3 years use from them. So shrugged my shoulders and mortgaged the house to buy two more. Used those for six brews and they both went again yesterday. 20 minutes in - click, click and one had stopped, 20 minutes more and the other went the same way. One totally dead - the other cutting in and out. Maddening!
Anyone got any ideas why this sort of thing happens. Can't see anyway to get into the element to deactivate the cut out?
What to do next? - don't want to waste £40 on another pair of potentially duff elements. Can't see enough room in their for two 11" immersion heaters. Help
- anyone had this experience? Be very grateful for any advice.(I was boiling 80L of wort to make a 60l batch of stout; we are in a soft water area and the elements are cleaned up after every brew. No obvious 'mechanical' issues visible on any of the four elements)
I'm baffled!
