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I noticed the tin on my wires as well, mine turned to almost a copper color. I also trimmed them back until they were pure silver. I believe it is a combination of the epoxy and the sleeve. Brewie has blamed the epoxy as not being rated for a high enough temperature and has scorched, and...

Back up in business. Thanks so much Iron for the info. I failed to wrap my spade connections completely and one of them touched the mounting screws of the thermal switch. This caused the short and blew my SSR. I wrapped the connections with my silicone tape and even wrapped the mounting screws...

Thanks, I am picking up a new SSR from Grainger on my way home tonight and will investigate. I will check my thermal switch. Mine rotates between the mounting posts fairly easily. Is it possible that the leads to the switch can contact the little mounting posts and cause a short? If so I...

Any idea what caused your SSR to fail? Was it a grounding issue? I'm now in the same spot and waiting for Brewie to get back to me. The Omron SSR is available online, wondering if I should just order one.

Ugh again. Cleaned everything up and got all of the epoxy off. New connectors and crimped down real good. Reconnected everything and boot up was fine. Went to run a sanitizing clean and bam, a pop and spark out of the bottom and my breaker trips. Plug the machine back in and the boil element...

Thanks Ironcyberia and welcome to the board! A few questions since I am in a very similar spot: 1) Why not solder the connections into the boil element? (Side note: I could only find heatshrink up to 250F so if I don't solder them I found some silicone tape up to 500F that I would use) 2)...

Found a pic of the "capsules" and a mention of hop oil. Has to be extract, not grain. https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-is-launching-a-connected-pod-based-home-beer-machine.376416.0.html "HomeBrew capsules will come in five flavors that will appeal to millennials which have been helping to...

Thanks, if this epoxy was used in all of the B+ units, they will have a 100% failure rate. I brewed 3 times with ingredients, 2 test brews with no ingredients, and 2 sanitizing cleans. I asked Mate if these connections could be soldered. I'm not sure why they would use spade connectors and...

Well it is definitely the connections to the boil element. One connection was completely fried off of the element and not getting any power. I emailed these pics to Mate to see what I should replace. Also asked if this is a concern with the mash tun element. Is that circle thing a...

I guess my caution to the board is know your limits. I know where mine are when it comes to electricity. I’m willing to diagnose this machine but not without detailed instructions. I just wanted to put a reminder up that we are dealing with high voltage devices here. Don’t want anyone plugging...

Heard back from Mate this morning (less than 24 hrs response time). I get to open up the machine and poke around. Here are the instructions they sent me if anyone needs them. And a few points to check from Mate: "Please find attached the instructions. In addition, please check the following...

The basket comes about to the top of the mash tun. No need for a top unless the thing is overflowing, and if that is happening I have a much bigger mess.

I will still use the brewie false bottom. I haven’t had issues with it bowing. I am hopeful the basket will allow the grains to spread out more evenly. I think the bags can result in uneven dispersion sometimes. The weight of the grain in the bag can end up in the center a bit too much.

Prototype mash basket from arborfab before they weld it up. These guys rock. I should have it this week to check out. Of course my machine is now broken.....

Bravo on fixing the elements yourself. It’s nice to see diy fixes coming out for this machine. I’m brewing tomorrow morning but I feel like those connections to the elements are ticking time bombs. ____________________ 9:31am Annnnd, we're down. My boil element made it to about 126...

Kegland emailed me back and let me know the new prototype for v4 will fix this issue. Whatever the design, it will be able to be retrofitted onto prior versions. ETA is unknown. I would guess it is a new center pipe with a bump stop or something similar.

Good stuff, is yours original or B+?

Not exactly, you can insert the upper pipe from the bottom of the lower pipe and slide it up. You can still screw the lower pipe into the screen. All we would need is about 1 mm and it would create enough friction so the top pipe would not slide off. There is no reason these two pipes need to...

Happy to report the Teflon tape worked ok and worked after being submerged for about 10 mins in hot tap water. It won’t keep the upper pipe on under any considerable weight but it will give you a good feel for when you have reached the upper limit and shouldn’t pull any further. Better than...

Thanks, I will give it a try to see if it will stick, along with staying in place when submerged in water. After fiddling with it last night, all they would need to do is widen the top of the lower pipe about a millimeter. That would cause enough friction so you wouldn't be able to remove the...