I have an Anvil Foundry 10.5 gallon system I run on 220v. Love the system, but continue to have issues with the electronics. I have had the triac replaced (after only one use) and now the main board replaced. The latest issue is I brewed about a month ago after installing a replacement main board. Everything went well. Went to brew today, added water, turned on the system and set the temp for the mash. Display looked good, but the unit did not fire up. Anyone have this issue with the Anvil Foundry system? What is causing the ongoing issues? Thanks
I’ve had two Foundry’s. One 10.5 and a 6.5. I have never had those kind of issues. Contact Anvil or John Blichmann.
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Thank you I had reached out to Blichmann and they had been responsive in the past, but waiting for their latest response. I will look for a way to reach John Blichmann.
He recently retired, so I’m not sure how involved he is anymore (he was very responsive on the Anvil Foundry Facebook forum when he did work there).
Bummer on the current electronic issues – I’ve had them here and there in the past, and was grateful for the responsiveness of the company’s support team. This is one downside of electronic brewing gear (but a tradeoff I’m willing to make for all of the other conveniences it provides).
He’s pretty active on the Facebook Anvil Foundry group recently. Just saw him reply to someone’s questions this morning.
I have had the 10.5 gal Foundry for 3 years and approx 50 brew sessions. I also run on 240v. I have not had any issues other than 2 failed recirculating pumps that were replaced under warranty. I love the system. Too bad that you have had these issues. I would ask that they replace the whole unit as you probably got a “lemon”. Good luck!
I’m a little late to the discussion but I have the 10.5 and one day it wouldn’t heat up either. There’s a metal rod sticking out of the bottom which is a reset for thermal overheat protection. If you don’t have any/enough water in it and the element starts heating, it can’t dissipate the heat fast enough and things get too hot and trip that thermal breaker. You have to push in on that little rod to reset the breaker.
In my case, the plastic housing on the breaker was just crumbling away from old age/use. I replaced it and everything worked again.