Ramps
Well-Known Member
Firstly Thanks guys (especially Matho) for the development and all the work on the Brauduino and all the support from the forumites
I have have been slowly building my Braumiser over the last 6 months or so (pics will come soon to display some of the novel approaches I took to utilising stuff I had)
I'm at the testing stage after fixing all the leaks
The problem: the heater is permanently on
The scenario:
power on ... all good
Brauduino displays correctly
Can move to manual mode ... all ok with correct prompts
Can turn pump on/off ... with green LED lighting appropriately
Can't switch heat on or off and no red LED lighting to indicate "heat on"
Noticed
a) heat was rising and displaying correctly on screen
b) heat would go on as soon as power was switched on regardless of mode
c) led built into the SSR was also always on
d) in Manual mode cannot use button to turn heat off/on (pump works and the actual heat button is functional ... in order to get it this far)
History
when first install I couldn't get the heater to turn on at all (and in manual mode button wasn't turning heat on/off)
power at Arduino pin 9 when it was meant to be
traced power up to transistor continuity resistor to transistor etc
figured it might be faulty transistor (or soldering :unsure: ) so changed it over ... now it turns on ... but won't turn off!!!
re-loaded Braudino2.ino ... no change
ideas please as I'm itching to try my first all grain (this w/e ... with some good advice and a bit of luck!)
Am I missing the obvious??
Cheers
Ramps
I have have been slowly building my Braumiser over the last 6 months or so (pics will come soon to display some of the novel approaches I took to utilising stuff I had)
I'm at the testing stage after fixing all the leaks
The problem: the heater is permanently on
The scenario:
power on ... all good
Brauduino displays correctly
Can move to manual mode ... all ok with correct prompts
Can turn pump on/off ... with green LED lighting appropriately
Can't switch heat on or off and no red LED lighting to indicate "heat on"
Noticed
a) heat was rising and displaying correctly on screen
b) heat would go on as soon as power was switched on regardless of mode
c) led built into the SSR was also always on
d) in Manual mode cannot use button to turn heat off/on (pump works and the actual heat button is functional ... in order to get it this far)
History
when first install I couldn't get the heater to turn on at all (and in manual mode button wasn't turning heat on/off)
power at Arduino pin 9 when it was meant to be
traced power up to transistor continuity resistor to transistor etc
figured it might be faulty transistor (or soldering :unsure: ) so changed it over ... now it turns on ... but won't turn off!!!
re-loaded Braudino2.ino ... no change
ideas please as I'm itching to try my first all grain (this w/e ... with some good advice and a bit of luck!)
Am I missing the obvious??
Cheers
Ramps