Good Afternoon,
I came into a position at a Brewpub where I replaced the old Head Brewer who was let go. In my process of learning the system (a 7 BBL Pub Brewing System, steam jacketed, with the Combi Mash/Lauter Tun on top and Hot Liquor Tank on the bottom), my Steam Boiler started receiving an Internal Alarm last Friday Afternoon. Initially, I couldn't reset the Alarm on the Honeywell 7800 Burner Controller, but we were able to get a new one, and this Burner Control resets and starts heating the water in the boiler to steam again. But, we are still running into the problem of the Boiler shutting off every 30 minutes or so, due to what the LCD on the Burner Control only says is an "Internal Error". There is no other information coming from the Burner Controller's LCD. Upon external investigation of the equipment, the Bolier still works in heating up water and transmitting steam to my two vessels (the Brew Kettle as well as the Combi Mash/Lauter Tun - HLT), the input and output pipes on the HLT are hot, and there is excess steam being blown off by the Condensation Tank. In fact, each time I turn on my Control Panel, for power to go to my Thermal controller made by Partlow, you can hear the Solenoid Valve making clicking noises, as if it's calling for the Steam necessary to do its job and heat the HLT water. But then,after a little while, an alarm is sent to the Burner Controller, and a few times, if I let it go longer than an hour or so, an alarm light is triggered in the Partlow controller.
I am the only brewer on staff at this brewpub, and while I can still brew for the time being by heating my brewing water in the kettle and then transferring it to the HLT, it's adding at least an hour or so to my brew days, and that is unacceptable for my time constraints on a long-term basis. Please, if anyone has any advice on how to fix this issue, and solve this problem, so the HLT doesn't have to keep setting off an alarm to the boiler, and I'm able to heat my HLT overnight to 162F (approximately), and begin brewing immediately the next morning, I'd definitely appreciate it.
Mike
I came into a position at a Brewpub where I replaced the old Head Brewer who was let go. In my process of learning the system (a 7 BBL Pub Brewing System, steam jacketed, with the Combi Mash/Lauter Tun on top and Hot Liquor Tank on the bottom), my Steam Boiler started receiving an Internal Alarm last Friday Afternoon. Initially, I couldn't reset the Alarm on the Honeywell 7800 Burner Controller, but we were able to get a new one, and this Burner Control resets and starts heating the water in the boiler to steam again. But, we are still running into the problem of the Boiler shutting off every 30 minutes or so, due to what the LCD on the Burner Control only says is an "Internal Error". There is no other information coming from the Burner Controller's LCD. Upon external investigation of the equipment, the Bolier still works in heating up water and transmitting steam to my two vessels (the Brew Kettle as well as the Combi Mash/Lauter Tun - HLT), the input and output pipes on the HLT are hot, and there is excess steam being blown off by the Condensation Tank. In fact, each time I turn on my Control Panel, for power to go to my Thermal controller made by Partlow, you can hear the Solenoid Valve making clicking noises, as if it's calling for the Steam necessary to do its job and heat the HLT water. But then,after a little while, an alarm is sent to the Burner Controller, and a few times, if I let it go longer than an hour or so, an alarm light is triggered in the Partlow controller.
I am the only brewer on staff at this brewpub, and while I can still brew for the time being by heating my brewing water in the kettle and then transferring it to the HLT, it's adding at least an hour or so to my brew days, and that is unacceptable for my time constraints on a long-term basis. Please, if anyone has any advice on how to fix this issue, and solve this problem, so the HLT doesn't have to keep setting off an alarm to the boiler, and I'm able to heat my HLT overnight to 162F (approximately), and begin brewing immediately the next morning, I'd definitely appreciate it.
Mike
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