Search results for query: *

I forgot to mention i did rig up a fan so heat wasnt an issue then again i could be wrong.

Yeah it was wired up correctly and working fine... I'm very lucky it didn't cause any damage. I can salvage just about everything except obviously the relay. It really doesn't make any since though because only the live or neutral wire passes through the relay... So how would there be such a...

Well I was warming up my smoker this morning and went in the house, little bit later went to check on the smoker and smelled smoke. Whole garage was filled with smoke, and not the good kind.... What do you think caused this? I'm thinking the cheap as dirt relay shorted internally.

That could work, only thing is the 120mm might be too big for the enclosure, I suppose I could move everything to a larger enclosure and that could work.

It's kind of janky I know but I essentially epoxied it in there, and the relay is a DA model because my pid I use puts out a 12v dc output to signal the relay.  I have already made a pretty large hole in one side of the enclosure and a smaller intake on the other, just having a hard time trying...

Yes I had thought about that as well but I made it permanently attached to the input so you cant pull it out and have hot terminals exposed. Please enlighten me on what an AA relay is. I probably will find a different way to mount the heatsink just haven't gotten around to it.

Well I just finished it up, nothing fancy but it seems to be working great, fingers crossed...  That relay likes to get warm though so I may have to mount a small fan to force air over the heatsink... Thanks again for the help

Hey guys I have never made chicken jerky before and wanted to try my hand at it.  Right now I have some chicken breasts brining in a cure.  I believe the ration is correct as I have 535 grams of chicken breast and about 267.5 grams of water with 2 grams of Cure #1 and 14 grams of kosher salt and...

Another thing im worried about is a runaway ssr which could be a fire hazard. Any ideas on how to make a failsafe? The pid doesnt have an alarm so that wouldn't be an option.

Okay so here is an updated schematic, should be about the same aside from using a terminal block as opposed to wire nuts.  Rest of my parts come in on friday. Any other hints you guys can give me before I start? Thanks

Yeah I wan't sure whether to use a strip or not, good point on it being a cleaner build.  I have a cheap aluminum heat sink that the SSR mounts on to. I worry about airflow slightly as there won't really be any.  I anticipate not pulling anymore amps than 12 and the SSR is rated at 40 amps, but...

The power in is an IEC320 C14 Which is also fused and has a power switch.  Don't really know if it's illuminated though.  The LED I just put it on there for giggles.  May be a bit over kill with 2 fuses and a breaker but It's better safe than sorry I suppose.

Hey guys, a while back I got a Cajun Injector XL Double Door Model second hand and it worked once and than the thermocouple would start sticking making the elements never energize.  So I decided I would just gut the stock electrics and build my own standalone PID box to control the elements...

They told me that there isnt anything they will do without a receipt. So nobody here has hacked a pid onto a masterbuilt or equivalent smoker? I figured it would be fairly straightforward. Regards Joel

Yes both the elements are functional, I contacted the manufacturer and since there is no receipt they can't do anything for me. They essentially said the cabinet needed to be replaced. That's what i was looking towards was basically having a different control unit control the elements.

Hello all, first time posting here, I purchased the smoker listed on the thread title second hand, and it turns out the control unit is botched. The temperature sensor keeps reading higher and higher until the smoker wont even cycle. Ex: cabinet is at room temperature but is reading 250...