First Repair- GFCI Trips on Startup
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:23 pm
Hello all,
I need a little help figuring out what's wrong with my LaSpaziale Mini Vivaldi II machine. I'll walk you through my process.
Starting with this guide from Clive: https://clivecoffee.zendesk.com/hc/en-u ... g-the-GFCI
1. The GFCI still tripped after removing the lead off the temperature probe. I took my multimeter and put it across the disconnected probe leads and didn't get a reading. I read a post on here that indicates I should be getting some type of ohm reading across the leads assuming it's submerged in water. Since the short still remains in the system, I moved on.
2. Next I removed the appropriate lead off the safety switch and viola! The machine stays powered on, but the heating element never seemed to kick on. My main question right now and the purpose of this post, can the brew heating element heat up with the safety switch disconnected?
3. Following the logic of the Clive guide, I assumed that the Safety Switch was the culprit. I really just drink americanos, so I figure "hey lets just move the safety switch from the steam boiler over to the brew boiler, so I can get back to drinking coffee. Then I can swap out the faulty switch that's now on the steam boiler". So that's what I do, but before I did this, I checked for any resistance across both of the switches. None. They both give me zero's I believe. Weird. I swap them around, attach both leads, boiler is set to off, power up and tick! GFCI tripped.
4. Next I check the wire from the triac board to the safety switch for any damaged spots, nothing.
5. Finally I disconnect the brew boiler heating element with everything else hooked up and it powers on. I ran the multimeter across the heating element and got like a 17 resistance, someone on this forum said it should be around 10. No idea if that's a big enough difference.
What should I do next? Vibratory pump works fine. I'm tempted to buy a new temp probe, heating element and safety switch for the brew boiler just to refresh everything. Of course, looking to make the repair as simple as possible.
Thanks in advance for any help!
KP
I need a little help figuring out what's wrong with my LaSpaziale Mini Vivaldi II machine. I'll walk you through my process.
Starting with this guide from Clive: https://clivecoffee.zendesk.com/hc/en-u ... g-the-GFCI
1. The GFCI still tripped after removing the lead off the temperature probe. I took my multimeter and put it across the disconnected probe leads and didn't get a reading. I read a post on here that indicates I should be getting some type of ohm reading across the leads assuming it's submerged in water. Since the short still remains in the system, I moved on.
2. Next I removed the appropriate lead off the safety switch and viola! The machine stays powered on, but the heating element never seemed to kick on. My main question right now and the purpose of this post, can the brew heating element heat up with the safety switch disconnected?
3. Following the logic of the Clive guide, I assumed that the Safety Switch was the culprit. I really just drink americanos, so I figure "hey lets just move the safety switch from the steam boiler over to the brew boiler, so I can get back to drinking coffee. Then I can swap out the faulty switch that's now on the steam boiler". So that's what I do, but before I did this, I checked for any resistance across both of the switches. None. They both give me zero's I believe. Weird. I swap them around, attach both leads, boiler is set to off, power up and tick! GFCI tripped.
4. Next I check the wire from the triac board to the safety switch for any damaged spots, nothing.
5. Finally I disconnect the brew boiler heating element with everything else hooked up and it powers on. I ran the multimeter across the heating element and got like a 17 resistance, someone on this forum said it should be around 10. No idea if that's a big enough difference.
What should I do next? Vibratory pump works fine. I'm tempted to buy a new temp probe, heating element and safety switch for the brew boiler just to refresh everything. Of course, looking to make the repair as simple as possible.
Thanks in advance for any help!
KP