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  1. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    Well somehow my pid took a crap so I have a new one and would like to hook up a couple push button circuit breakers. Can anyone explain how to wire those in? I was thinking a 5amp and 15 amp for the heating element.
  2. ryans01z28

    Pellet Smoker Fridge Conversion

    which diameter and width did you use on the seal?
  3. ryans01z28

    Looking at fridges.

    just make sure its all metal inside which it would be in those years. then make some racks and get your heat source and its about ready for some smoking. I had an element from a little smoky or something like that and just installed a PID controller to regulate the heat. smoked my first apricot...
  4. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    I smoked a apricot glazed ham tonight with the new pid set up and it turned out excellent. thanks for all the help
  5. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    I left the smoker on and I went and ate dinner and when I came back the temp was at 223.5 or something like that and the out1 was still flashing. if this is correct do I need to adjust the offset a little?
  6. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    well today I hooked the pid to the smoker and plugged it in and I hit the AT button to program it and the light lit up like it should. I came back a little while later and it was off and the OUT1 was flashing so I unplugged it. is this normal? I recalibrated it and its holding at 224.5* and...
  7. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    ok yes I follow. I think I should order that strip after all and hook it up so every angle is protected. Thanks again for all the help. I will have to post again after I get the other parts for more hook up help
  8. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    The temp is fine tuned now. Now can you tell me or show me how and what the breaker look like? R they like the ones in your house or is there something different I should use. Oh and when I calibrate it do I bring my smoker up to temp and the calibrate it? So I can set the temp to say 150 and...
  9. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    We are about 1476ish for elevation here. Any lower and the lake will swallow us up. We have been fighting a flood since 1994. Great politics we have here
  10. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    Ok I have it dialed in now. Now when I calibrate it with my smoker do I need to bring the smoker up to temp and then calibrate it?
  11. ryans01z28

    Pellet Smoker Fridge Conversion

    i would but I don't want to wreck your thread with my ugly pic of my smoker lol. U must do a little painting on the side by the looks of your pin striping. I might have to bust the paint gun out now!
  12. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    I did a water test on it and I get right at about 32.2-32.5* and in boiling water I get about 206.5* about 5 1/2* lower than what water boils at
  13. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    ill just leave the cover open some for now and order a small computer fan to put in. Now can you tell me or show me how and what the breaker look like? R they like the ones in your house or is there something different I should use. Thanks for all the help I wouldn't have got this together with...
  14. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    how bout the heat sink question in the above post
  15. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    Oh also how should the heat sink be placed? Out side my project box or bolted to the inside? I was thinking to the outside by mayb I'm wrong
  16. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    yea it was set to the other type of thermocouple. Which wires should be grounded to the smoker?
  17. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    Hey nice work. It displays 69*! Now was there a calibration I needed to do??
  18. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    heres some pics for you
  19. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    When the temp on the pid is reading 1035ish and I set my temp to 1020 and grab the probe it rises like it should. I set the probe in ice water and when the temp drops down to 1020 it will turn a lamp I have pluged in ON and If I take it out of the water it turns it OFF like it should. We just...
  20. ryans01z28

    PID controller hook up help please

    i don't know how to check to see if something is programmed wrong on the pid either sorry. I know I'm not much help on this project and I didn't think it was going to be this big of a headache. All I wanted was to have some control over my heat. Is there a way to test the pid? I have an extra...
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