I'm thinking the heating element in my Hot Top B may be on the fritz. here's whats happening...
Sometime ago when starting the roaster during pre heat the circuit I have it plugged into in my attached garage will trip the GFI. I'd reset the GFI, turn the roaster back on and all was well
Then it started happening more frequently and would trip the GFI several times during the pre heat cycle but never during the actual roast
Lately it's been happening a lot and tonight (an hour ago) it tripped about a dozen X's during pre heat. well, once under way with 12 minutes left on the roast, the GFI tripped=:-(
Not wanting to write off the roast I dumped the beans out through the front cover after removing it, into the cooling tray and took them into the kitchen where I got out my largest frying pan and turned on an electric stove burner on high and manually finished the roast. Nice exp. actually. First time I ever stirred coffee greens on a stove top through 1st and 2nd crack=:-) FWIW I placed the now done roast back into Hot Top's cooling tray and ran it through some make shift cooling cycles by running the cool down and going straight to hitting the dump button, that only runs for 30 seconds...but I stayed with it till it cooled completely
So I'd liked to hear from those that have had to replace their Hot Top heating element if your symptoms mirrored mine, or maybe I have to sort out a bad GFI
I have 427 logged roasts on this machine...I bought it new (3 years ago) and log each and every roast
Best,
Jake
Reddick Fla.
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