Recent content by diythinker

Thanks, i started out drilling the back cover thinking something internally was damaged. I traced all wires and found the heat element was short to ground... in hindsight, i wouldnt have needed to take the back off... but it is what it is, and now i have access to the smoker if i want to modify it.

If you skip to 8:10 i show how to remove the cover. The cover is secured with rivets, all you need to do is drill out the rivets as shown in the video. Then at 9:10 i have a simple wire diagram.

Mine short to ground and tripped the breaker. It wouldnt even power up. i know my issue is a little different than yours, but who knows, maybe its the same. The heat element shorted with a few kohms, enough to trip the breaker and not power up. I also removed the back panel and drew out the...

I recently replaced mine and i drew out the wiring diagram just in case its not the heating element, you can see the entire video here:

My heating element went out too, i replaced it and it worked. One interesting thing is instead of an open circuit, it tripped the breaker shorting to ground. I documented why and drew out the wiring diagram:

My heating element went out and i made a video on how i fixed it. In addition, i also drew out the wiring diagram: