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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    Hmmm. 6 hours (the 12" version) should work as I've always been above 140 F in the 3 - 4 hour range. Thinking .... 
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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    Did you use the tube in the mailbox?
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    MES-40 Model 20070512 Temperature Problems

    Joe, My MES has a digital controller. I would set the time to 24 hours and the temp to where I wanted to smoke. When I added the Auber, I took the controller completely out of the loop and wired a new power cord into the MES heating element. The Auber has a TPO. I guessed that turning the...
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    Problem with my MES 40, keeps shutting off

    After adding an Auber controller and insulating the front door my MES 40 Gen #2 (or 3? It has the side vent) works well. It only doubled the cost. But I can hold temp within 2 degrees. (I'm a control freak).
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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    When I looked at the picture, I wondered about the fill. Looking at the original (hi-res) picture, it was almost rail high, and probably lower on the corners.  I'm going to shorten the duct regardless. I don't want to get too short because I'm heading into cold smokes. Eventually I'm going to...
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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    Completed my mailbox mod. 20' of flex is a little long. i'll shorten before the next smoke. Test drove it for 2.5 hours smoking "The World's Best Barbecue Beans". This involved a single row of pellets in the AMNPS. Worked fine. So I loaded 2.5 rows in my AMNPS anticipating about 7 - 8...
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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    That would work. I'll check @ Lowes. I was looking @ the 90 elbow and perhaps got a little too far into "over engineering." Thank you!
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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    Another question ...  Has anyone developed an either/or solution to the chip tray / mailbox mod? I'd like to have the flexibility during short smokes to manually load the chip tray and play with different woods. On longer / cold smokes I'd like to use my AMNPS and wander around. The pictures...
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    MES 30 Questions - new owner

    Gordie, Now I don't feel so bad about my 2007512 (40") being off 30 deg f. Sorry. I've documented changes to my MES (so far) here: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/151864/mes-40-model-20070512-temperature-problems I've read several posts about temperature problems in MESes. I've also read...
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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    What is the diameter of your "small hole"? I see one of these in my near future.
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    MES 30 Top Control Question

    I started with that smoker model. If I remember correctly the internal meat probe was in a clip on the left hand inside wall. But as Bearcarver said, be careful trusting those probes. It may be better than nothing, but it won't beat a Maverick 732 or an...
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    New MES 40

    Congratulations and welcome to the wonderful world of "more help with your MES than you know what to do with".  I'm going to agree with most posts and suggest you get another temperature measurement device. The Maverick dual probe is a good choice unless you're a gear head like me. I gave my...
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    First Time Try, any suggestions?

    Good points. My MES-30 was close enough on chamber temperature. My MES-40 reads 25 deg hotter than the actual temperature. If you want the ugly details you can read http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/151864/mes-40-model-20070512-temperature-problems For chamber temp I use the second probe on...
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