Does anybody know about these tea urns
Re: Does anybody know about these tea urns
Yep, looks like the element is damaged. I turn it on, it lasts a few seconds and then I hear a pop followed by the fuse going in the main fuse box. oh well, time to order some new bits.
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Re: Does anybody know about these tea urns
nothing to loose,wire the element direct to the mains,dont forget to earth the boiler body, no fuse nothing inline and give it a try as unless its a coincedence just bypassing the stat shouldnt cause the element to goI bypassed the element by joining the wires together. I put some water in, a few seconds later there was a bang and the fuse blew on the ring I used. The tea-urn won't turn on and it looks like the element may be blown.
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Re: Does anybody know about these tea urns
It looks dead. There's a black hole that was smoking in the thermal paste that was covering the element. I've just ordered a backer element. At this rate I should have just bought a 40l buffalo from nisbetts.themadhippy wrote:nothing to loose,wire the element direct to the mains,dont forget to earth the boiler body, no fuse nothing inline and give it a try as unless its a coincedence just bypassing the stat shouldnt cause the element to goI bypassed the element by joining the wires together. I put some water in, a few seconds later there was a bang and the fuse blew on the ring I used. The tea-urn won't turn on and it looks like the element may be blown.
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One solution to your boil problem is to boil less water. The tea urn I had didn't hold 23l! I always had to add a gallon or so of cold water at the end
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Deadfall...I would be very careful buying a Buffalo boiler from Nisbits..as I had just tryed to buy a new element for my boiler...they are not longer made I got informed by email and words to the effect was that as you have had the boiler more than 1 year its tuff but you can buy a new boiler from us for £145....No thanks will just install a kettle element for £30
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I have no plans to buy one. I have just installed a backer element (seems great quality, pity the plug broke so I can't test it). I wish I'd never bought this boiler now, just a 50L stock pot, the backer element and associated tools. I'd have more capacity and would have saved myself some cash. Live and learn.
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Sorry Deadfall- I should have never posted that darn ebay link! I ended up going the FV boiler with tesco kettle elements for cheapness while I dip my toes in AG brewing
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I'd already seen them and made plans to buy one, nothing to do with you It's the old adage, buy cheap pay twice.FarmerFred wrote:Sorry Deadfall- I should have never posted that darn ebay link! I ended up going the FV boiler with tesco kettle elements for cheapness while I dip my toes in AG brewing
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Ah well, we live and learn! These things have to be explored..
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I grabbed one of these from e bay and it looks solid but ill let you know if i hit similar problems once it arrives
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390855125285? ... 1423.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390855125285? ... 1423.l2649
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Funnily enough I just saw the same thing and was going to post a link.Duncndisorderly wrote:I grabbed one of these from e bay and it looks solid but ill let you know if i hit similar problems once it arrives
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390855125285? ... 1423.l2649
Will be interested to see what you think.
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Re: Does anybody know about these tea urns
It looks similar to the ones in the original post, just a different top. Have they bypassed the thermostat?
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Not sure, just arrived today but I wont be playing till next weekend so ill let you know
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Hi guys
how do u rate this boiler?, thinking of getting 1 and would be nice of some feedback
cheers
how do u rate this boiler?, thinking of getting 1 and would be nice of some feedback
cheers
Re: Does anybody know about these tea urns
I got one about a month ago, and have used it for one brew so far (maltmillers belgian blonde all grain kit, which I BIAB'd). So far so good, got up to boil pretty quickly and kept it rolling for the duration. Numbers on the dial don't mean much though, I'd recommend getting the thermometer out and making a note of what the actual temperatures are. It kept constant temperature pretty well for the mash itself.
Unit seems solid enough, but I guess time will tell how long it lasts. *If* it lasts then it's a nice piece of kit!
Unit seems solid enough, but I guess time will tell how long it lasts. *If* it lasts then it's a nice piece of kit!