Electrical element not turning on

[Squirrels]

So, I'm a bit stuck. I've gotten my brew panel all together and have been hooking everything up. The pumps work, as do the probes. I went to turn on the element on with the pid in manual mode set to 100 and nothing happens.

If I have the element unplugged my indicator light is yellow.

I've done a voltage test on the outlet on the brew panel and one pole is reading 100v and the other 118v.

I'm guessing this might be my problem, since the outlet going into the box is fine (110 on each).

Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[John53189]

Did you test each leg to ground? If you have 120 with one lead on ground and one on power, what do you get? Sounds like it may be a bad connection.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Pictures and or schematics of what you did might help diagnose.

 

[Squirrels]

I tested each leg to the ground. The first reads 100 to 101, the second reads 117 to 118.

 

[Squirrels]

Below are photos of my test. It's a quazi Kal clone. All that is wired to the outlet is the out from the relay.

 

[John53189]

Could be the relay...without seeing the wiring and schematics, it's just a guess. Triple check your incoming power also

 

[Squirrels]

Here are my rough schematics ported into the computer from the paper.

If I have power on at this point, should I be getting a response on the SSR? I don't see the light on that.

 

[milldoggy]

I had that problem when I had a bad ssr. Element unplugged,.lights would work. When plugged in, no light. From what I remember, something with an ssr failing under load. Just replaced it with a new auber ssr and all was good.

 

[Squirrels]

When you replaced the SSR did you redo the thermal paste, or just use what was left on there?

 

[milldoggy]

I luckily had thermal paste, so I added some more

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Here are my rough schematics ported into the computer from the paper.

If I have power on at this point, should I be getting a response on the SSR? I don't see the light on that.

Im going to assume theres a neutral going to the main power contactor/relay and you just missed it in the drawing.

What PID are you using and what pins from it are going to the SSR?

 

[BrunDog]

You can't measure output voltage through an SSR without a load on it. Plug the element in, submerge it (so it doesn't accidentally overheat), then measure the legs.

 

[Squirrels]

Im going to assume theres a neutral going to the main power contactor/relay and you just missed it in the drawing.

What PID are you using and what pins from it are going to the SSR?

I'm using the mypin td4 and I'm using the ones marked for SSR (pins 3 and 4). Yes, I do have a line for the neutral going to the main power supply

 

[Squirrels]

Im going to assume theres a neutral going to the main power contactor/relay and you just missed it in the drawing.

What PID are you using and what pins from it are going to the SSR?

Wow. Thank you for having me look at this! The manual I have is reverse of what the diagram is for which is positive and which is negative!

I flipped that and bam, it works! Thank you FuzzeWuzze! And thank you all for helping me troubleshoot!

 

[John53189]

Cool...make notes!