Help me find pressurestat for ECM Giotto

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Mach
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#1: Post by Mach »

I replaced this pressurestat, which has been in my ECM Giotto since I bought it, used, I think about 10 years ago. It had started to self-adjust to lower pressure. I bought a MATER, installed it, and everything was great. For a year. It failed in the classic way, so I put the old one back in and everything's great again. But I'm sure it will start self-adjusting again. I'm reluctant to buy another pressurestat that will likely not last more than a year or two, and it seems like none of the most readily available ones are particularly dependable. So, if any of you fine people recognize this one and know a source, I would be most grateful. Or, if anyone has ideas about how to keep this one from turning itself down (I thought about taping the adjustment knob in place), I'm all ears.




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cuppajoe
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#2: Post by cuppajoe »

If you use a Mater in conjunction with an SSR or magnetic relay it will take the stress off of the Mater points and increase its useful life. There are a couple threads discussing it here.
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