Well guys the mod(s) are being tested right now but I ran into an issue where it is harder to see the smoke than I anticipated hahaha. I know things are working because there is no lingering smoke coming out of my mailbox mod and elbow joint connected to the MES.
Last time I cold smoked, the smoke lingered and slowly moved from the mailbox mod into the MES and I could easily see smoke leaking out of the mailbox mod and the elbow joint.
Also I think my other convection fan mod is really contributing to sucking the smoke into the MES from the mailbox mod and AMNPS with it's stirring functionality, while the top blower fan is doing a good job of making sure there is a draft to then suck the smoke OUT of the MES. It seems there is a combo effect going on.
I tried putting the fan so it blows over the MES vent and I think it worked some but hard to tell and see the smoke with a sideways draft.
I then quickly taped the fan up in a rig like jwed980's and it definitely is working. It is working much better than the other approach because I can see smoke in the sky and I can actually see TBS every now and again coming from the cardboard column!
Additionally the TBS is coming out at a rate that is really no different than when I hot smoke with only 1 AMNPS row being burned (I am only burning 1 row of Alder now).
There was no need for me to reduce fan speed at all. We were all discussing the 10.3 CFM of the fan but I think that would only take affect if the fan was actually blowing INTO the MES. With a draft being created opposite direction of the MES internal volume I think that 10.3 CFM is not nearly possible from blowing away from the internal volume of the MES. Translation: Using the blower to help draft air out of the MES by blowing up and away is NOT NEARLY as strong as the 10.3 CFM that would occur if the blower were blowing into the MES to circulate air.
Other items of note:
-Temp in the MES is holding about 10-12 degrees higher than outside temp. It is 40-42 degrees outside and internal temp of MES is holding around 52.5 - 52.7F. The heat from the AMNPS pellets is adding no more than 10 degrees if that is really what is happening at all.
-I used a steel scrubbie as a filter in the elbow joint of my mailbox mod. I wanted to try and filter as much creosote as I could in case smoke was going to linger inside the MES... which dos not seem to be the case so far.
I will do a more detailed and better organized summary post in the future. I will even post some pics of the mod and what TBS I could capture coming out of it. As it stands right now the blower fan tube approach is working like a charm :)
Last time I cold smoked, the smoke lingered and slowly moved from the mailbox mod into the MES and I could easily see smoke leaking out of the mailbox mod and the elbow joint.
Also I think my other convection fan mod is really contributing to sucking the smoke into the MES from the mailbox mod and AMNPS with it's stirring functionality, while the top blower fan is doing a good job of making sure there is a draft to then suck the smoke OUT of the MES. It seems there is a combo effect going on.
I tried putting the fan so it blows over the MES vent and I think it worked some but hard to tell and see the smoke with a sideways draft.
I then quickly taped the fan up in a rig like jwed980's and it definitely is working. It is working much better than the other approach because I can see smoke in the sky and I can actually see TBS every now and again coming from the cardboard column!
Additionally the TBS is coming out at a rate that is really no different than when I hot smoke with only 1 AMNPS row being burned (I am only burning 1 row of Alder now).
There was no need for me to reduce fan speed at all. We were all discussing the 10.3 CFM of the fan but I think that would only take affect if the fan was actually blowing INTO the MES. With a draft being created opposite direction of the MES internal volume I think that 10.3 CFM is not nearly possible from blowing away from the internal volume of the MES. Translation: Using the blower to help draft air out of the MES by blowing up and away is NOT NEARLY as strong as the 10.3 CFM that would occur if the blower were blowing into the MES to circulate air.
Other items of note:
-Temp in the MES is holding about 10-12 degrees higher than outside temp. It is 40-42 degrees outside and internal temp of MES is holding around 52.5 - 52.7F. The heat from the AMNPS pellets is adding no more than 10 degrees if that is really what is happening at all.
-I used a steel scrubbie as a filter in the elbow joint of my mailbox mod. I wanted to try and filter as much creosote as I could in case smoke was going to linger inside the MES... which dos not seem to be the case so far.
I will do a more detailed and better organized summary post in the future. I will even post some pics of the mod and what TBS I could capture coming out of it. As it stands right now the blower fan tube approach is working like a charm :)