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  1. punter9

    Switch from propane to house gas

    Done some looking but haven’t found anything to help with this specific issue. I have a propane smoker that I want to run off house gas to make things cheap and simple. I bought an adapter that goes from 3/8 gas line to the little green bottle adapter fitting. Hooked the hose up and...
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    Cheap electric smoker control - Analog

    no worries I got what I needed out of it, it is all yours!   Options 2-3-4 are basically the same.  Use an analog dial (dimmer/pwm/etc) to power the element.  Option 6 - You can make that sucker into a great smoker.  Add some thermal mass (bricks/sand) to that thing and it will really even out...
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    Cheap electric smoker control - Analog

    Those dimmers would work great.  From what I have looked at they are more than building a PID controller, but hit up Dave I bet he would know best where to get them. I agree with the thought that those chinese SCR's are going to need cooling.  Likely want to mount it in a suitable electrical...
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    Cheap electric smoker control - Analog

    anytime.  Make sure you oversize that controller and share some pics of the tasty Q
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    Cheap electric smoker control - Analog

    also make sure no matter what you do you go oversize on all wires, pwm boards ssr etc.  You are running 1500W at 110V for hours on end.  That is a continuous 14 amp draw.  You'll want about 50% overhead capacty (20A). 
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    Cheap electric smoker control - Analog

    I'd say you'd come in around $60 bucks total parts by the time you add a heavy duty plug in cord, a case, and a plug in.  
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    Cheap electric smoker control - Analog

    I have a diy right here. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/143831/terra-cotta-smoker-flower-pot-and-heatermeter-4-0-or-pid-if-i-blow-up-raspberry-pi#post_1008684 There is a wiring diagram in that thread down towards the end I put together in cad. EDIT - HERE IT IS PLEASE NOTE - THERE IS A...
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    Cheap electric smoker control - Analog

    sure is!  I wanted to just check that it would in fact regulate the temperature correctly and I was not missing something basic here.  I'll have him mount it in an enclosure with an on/off switch and ac fan to keep it cool
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    Cheap electric smoker control - Analog

    Hey I am building up an easy smoker control for my buddy.  He has a plug in on/off only type smoker and it has no temp control.  He has expressed that he would like something analog and simple (which is a bummer because I have a pid on mine and it is great).  So I am looking to build a rotary...
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    Terra Cotta Smoker (Flower Pot) and Heatermeter 4.0, or pid if I blow up raspberry pi

    and a final post until I start the heatermeter, as promised the inside with some smoked chuck roast.  You can't see it but I put bricks on their side stacked to hold the grate.  It is extremely sturdy, the grate is just a cheapo big box plain steel grate.  
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    Terra Cotta Smoker (Flower Pot) and Heatermeter 4.0, or pid if I blow up raspberry pi

    one last note on the project box.  Don't do what I did and mount everything on the removable cover.....in hindsight that was a terrible idea.  Makes it so much harder to wire up since you need extra wire to be able to remove the cover.  Instead mount NOTHING on the removable cover that way you...
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    Terra Cotta Smoker (Flower Pot) and Heatermeter 4.0, or pid if I blow up raspberry pi

    oh an here is the side shot of my pid
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    Terra Cotta Smoker (Flower Pot) and Heatermeter 4.0, or pid if I blow up raspberry pi

    As promised here is the wiring diagram of my PID setup with plug in.  Note this is NOT a how - to.  This is showing what I did.  Any adaptions of this you do with your own set up is at your own risk.  
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