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  1. denny

    Toohr #3 from Ali Express

    I read here recently that someone mentioned the above knife sharpener, but now I can't find his comment that was buried in the post. Does anyone have any experience with this device? Youtube has a review and to me the sharpener looks well made--so I'm awaiting delivery of it!
  2. denny

    HELP!!

    Please see my post 'CHASING THIN BLUE SMOKE , AVOIDING CRESOTE' in this forum. I was attempting to reply in it to the kind people who were responding, but as you can clearly see, I screwed it up horribly AND CLEARLY I NEED HELP!!!!. I have been unable to locate FAQ's to learn how to do things...
  3. denny

    CHASING THIN BLUE SMOKE , AVOIDING CRESOTE

    Max frustration. Need to reset what I think I know about smoking pellets or plain burning wood. I have an outside wood burning furnace since retirement in 1991. Good seasoned wood burns hot and clean, but if you damper down the air mix, you get smoldering wood, strong acrid stench and...
  4. denny

    Bearcarver's BBBB Re-visited

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  5. denny

    Questions on SMD200a settings, best wood pellets, pellets vs chips

    I have a MES 40S with a mail-box and amnps maze tray set up and an Auber SMD200A PID. Have been using it for about 2 years or so and been very happy. Long enough for new developments, practices and ideas to appear that I quite likely haven't heard about; possibly because I don't visit here...
  6. denny

    Tripping GFCI

    This control box for my smoker is tripping the GFCI. The new GFCI and the receptacle at the circuit end have been checked with a tester. Wiring of the black wire is consistent thru the plugs, receptacle and elsewhere and verified. The box is plastic so all grounds and white wires are...
  7. denny

    Power-out LED on continously

    I wanted to see the LED power on from a farther distance on my MYPIN TA4. So I connected a generic panel mount LED between the SSR pin 3 and SSR pin 4, which should show (to me, at least) when the SSR is sending current to the heat element. It does, but it is on ALL THE TIME. Is this because...
  8. denny

    MYPIN TA4 SSR PROBLEM

    I am setting up an MES30 using a MYPIN TA4 SSR as the controller. The actual MES30 is rewired and set aside while I concentrate on setting parameters for the PID. During all this, I am using a 110vac fan as the load and with a K-type probe. The wiring is 'generic' for the typical PID, SSR...
  9. denny

    CONNECTING K-PROBE WIRES

    I'm converting my MES 30 to PID control. For convenience, I want to add a socket to the outside of the control box to plug in the probe, then complete the hook-up on the box insides to the PID terminals. There is something in my memory that indicates these tiny wires are resistance-sensitive...
  10. denny

    Heating Element replacement--but which one??

    I have an MES 30 and want to replace the element. But first, I am doing extensive mods (seems like I want all of them!), including PID control (already programmed and tested on a breadboard), complete re-wiring, etc. I have read many posts regarding element replacing. I really liked the one...
  11. denny

    How to reply to a post.

    I don't know if this is the correct forum for my question. I asked a similar question several days ago and was advised to switch from Chrome to Firefox, sign out of both, clear cookies, temp files, etc (which I did in Chrome; don't know how to in Firefox), and to restart, all of which I did...
  12. denny

    Experience with an Open Range model of brand "The Good One"?

    Does anyone have any details of this particular smoker or brand?  From what I read it is pricey but very heavily built.  It is an off-set style with good sized smoking area that is easily accessible and has precisely repeatable screw-in air/damper controls.  All that appeals to me but mostly I...
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