- Dec 8, 2017
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About 3 weeks ago I finished building my electric smoker.
36” high x 24” wide x 18” deep. The heating element I bought from amazon, it’s a 1500 watt with dial thermostat control of low, medium, high with a temp range of 50-450 degrees. I built this smoker for low and slow smoking as I also built a cold smoke generator for it too.
My problem is
After many tests to see the temperature range.
Test 1: set on high and it would not even reach 120 degrees within the 5 hr test.
Test 2: set to medium and the temperature reached about 150 degrees with in 5 hr.
Test 3: set to low and it even got hotter, over 200 degrees.
One day while getting ready to smoke some brisket, I set the dial control therostat in between low and medium. In the 6 hrs, and no mater what I tried, it would not reach above 134 degrees. Gave up and put it in the oven inside.
Question:
Can my heating element be wired in a way that I can remove the dial controlled thermostat to allow me to install a thermostat control PID unit? If so, how? If it can’t, where can I buy a direct wired heating element that would work for my needs?
I need temperatures ranging from 100-450 degrees on a 120 volt system.
Thanks for your time and help.
36” high x 24” wide x 18” deep. The heating element I bought from amazon, it’s a 1500 watt with dial thermostat control of low, medium, high with a temp range of 50-450 degrees. I built this smoker for low and slow smoking as I also built a cold smoke generator for it too.
My problem is
After many tests to see the temperature range.
Test 1: set on high and it would not even reach 120 degrees within the 5 hr test.
Test 2: set to medium and the temperature reached about 150 degrees with in 5 hr.
Test 3: set to low and it even got hotter, over 200 degrees.
One day while getting ready to smoke some brisket, I set the dial control therostat in between low and medium. In the 6 hrs, and no mater what I tried, it would not reach above 134 degrees. Gave up and put it in the oven inside.
Question:
Can my heating element be wired in a way that I can remove the dial controlled thermostat to allow me to install a thermostat control PID unit? If so, how? If it can’t, where can I buy a direct wired heating element that would work for my needs?
I need temperatures ranging from 100-450 degrees on a 120 volt system.
Thanks for your time and help.