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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    Well, the smoker lasted the entire gathering. Granted the bluetooth disconnected earlier than usual (this time around 185) but the smoker maintained 225 throughout and was able to not worry about it as I manned my other grills.
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    Appreciate all that you throw my way. My lazy brain, however, basically narrowed down all your hard work into: cost effective to buy the Auber rather than DIY, drop the probe down the vent and clip it near the bottom. Only thing I wasn't sure of was whether you were only suggesting buying a...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    If the Masterbuilt breaks again, I will seriously consider the Auber. How do you guys usually place the PID probe? I keep reading that you place it near the element so do you guys drill a hole near the bottom? I definitely do not want to cut open the back to insert it back into the existing...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    Yeah, you've got some great posts in your signature. I think the PID that seems to be endorsed the most here is the: $150 Auber WS-1510ELPM Multi Purpose Controller: https://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=110 But not sure the wife would appreciate me buying that...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    I think, if I want to build a custom PID, I would want to use your bypass so that I can just plug the Masterbuilt into the PID unit. None of the measurements seems to have changed after I replace the limiter, so based on your rewiring post: 1. Black Solid 2. White Solid 3. Rollout & Heating...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    Okay, my soldering is shite, but somehow the thing seems to be working after my horrible snip + splice + tinning + heatshrink abominable surgery... I turned it on, let it reach temp, opened the door to release and let it drop, then watched it climb back up. Afterward, I disconnected it from my...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    That's a good point, @choochooman442 . I should actually have some in the house because I had gotten the same advice when I was actually doing some "duct" work and, despite the name, duct tape does not handle heat nor time as well as aluminum foil tape. I was just using the duct tape (as that...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    Thanks, @tallbm -- I already purchase the ceramic limiters and have them in hand. I will buy the recommended flag connectors now. Awesome idea about soldering the fray wires and heat shrink, I will have to try that method because it sounds cleaner that having all the nuts hanging about!
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    Unfortunately, I was only able to allocate about an hour of time this weekend to troubleshoot, so I knew I was not going to be able to completely fix the problem, only diagnose. I had read that the sheet metal is relatively easy to score with box cutter, but after running it along the same line...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    Ironically, Masterbuilt replied to my email from LAST year after I sent a NEW email about this particular issue as well as a reply to the OLD email complaining that they never replied. After 4-5 back-and-forth messages about dumb boilerplate items like: what is your model number? when does it...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    Figure I would try to measure the wires with the connectivity tester. Power Plug: pL pR pG Element: eL eR Bottom: Black solid short to pL White solid short to pR Blue braided short to pR White braided (near Blue), short to pR Red braided short to eL White braided...
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    MES 140|G Turning On But Not Heating

    I see a lot of Masterbuilt 40" Electric Smoker threads, but I'm not certain that any of them match my criteria. I will try to describe my issue as briefly as possible. I thought I had a MB20074719, but it turns out I have a newer model, the MB20075519. 1. Owned my smoker for about 2 years and...
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