Venting Smoke - Traeger Jr.

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• Nov 2, 2012

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Traeger chamber mods... I guess I'll just shoot from the hip, skip all the BS and cut straight to the chase.  If there is already a thread about this I apologize - I couldn't find it.

I want to cut a hole on the side of the chamber to put a stack on it so I can vent the smoke up and over my two story house.  Trying to quit smoking the neighbor out.  What am I getting myself into if I RVT seal the lid, plug the vents on the back of the chamber and the drip pan hole to run the smoke out the added hole?

 

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• Nov 2, 2012

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Why is smoke so bad?

There will be some pressure in the long pipe, and it may not draft correctly

The smoke may cool in the pipe, and cause condensation

 

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The smoke isn't billowing like a forest fire but he always has his windows open.  I'm just trying to get it up in the air out of his face.  Any idea how to do this correctly?  I guess I don't know much about the physics of smoke (if it's different than air)

I also want to make a statement kind of like sticking a flag in some other country's dirt.  Instead of raising a flag, I want to raise a stack in CA!! 

 

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• Nov 5, 2012

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Well I've done the first step of my traeger "mod" - RVT sealed the lid.  We will see what happens today after worked.

 

troy paddock

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How did it work? I want to seal up my out lets for cold smoking. RVT is sealent? what type of patch did you use to close the hole?

 

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Troy Paddock said:

How did it work? I want to seal up my out lets for cold smoking. RVT is sealent? what type of patch did you use to close the hole?

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Yes RVT high temp seal. I found it in Ace. It worked awesome and has still perform well to this day; so well that the smoke billows from the dome temp gauge.

I didn't block the vents.

 

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