On to my 3rd post within this forum, and I am at a loss with my current grill - Louisiana Grill LG700
On my other post (sep 30, 2019), I was awaiting a new hot rod and PID controller from LG as I was running into the issue of the PID not shutting down after 4 1/2 minutes. Well, I received the PID, installed last September some time and continued to use the grill.
I won't comment on customer service, other than I am less than impressed.....in the past couple of years, they have gone down hill.
Forward ahead to June 2020......hot rod goes out again.....called LG again, and their fix was to send another hot rod and PID controller....(I think this is my 4th PID controller from them) to correct the issue of premature hot rod failure...I think I am on #5.
The last couple of times I have begun down this road, once I turn the grill on......it heats up to about 80 degrees (pellets start to ignite) and then my 20 amp GFCI pops on the house.....GFCI outlet recently replaced along with the outlet I use for the grill. The circuit itself doesn't have anything else on it.
Last Sunday, it did that for the first time with the new set up......and once resetted and start back up....I could smell an electrical "burn/melt" smell. I have experienced this in the past....and more than likely the hot rod is probably on the way out again. (frustrated) I've gone through everything inside the hopper and can find no signs of any melted wires...etc
From a grill standpoint, it has been a good grill for the family, so I have been trying to chase down this "gremlin". I've done troubleshooting in the past and when the hot rod is unplugged, the grill runs flawless and I don't get the electrical smell......my wife does not prefer the manual light method during the week while I am driving home to get everything ready to grill.
Before I completely pull the plug on this grill......I am possibly thinking the PID controller is junk...again. Rather than continue this song and dance, I tossed around the idea of trying a PID controller from smoke daddy. Their patriot PID has wifi however isn't supported on IOS yet. Their other model doesn't have the wifi stuff, but has been around and I'd think would be tried & true.
Anybody have any thoughts on the above? Advice?....am I looking in the right direction? Just trying to get out of this rabbit hole.
Dennis has been great at smoke daddy and has offered advice and answered my questions about their controller in the past. If a simple PID would correct it....great! If it is more than that, I'd much rather toss my money at something new.
Anybody have any experience/thoughts on the PID's from Smoke Daddy?
All help appreciated.
Steve
On my other post (sep 30, 2019), I was awaiting a new hot rod and PID controller from LG as I was running into the issue of the PID not shutting down after 4 1/2 minutes. Well, I received the PID, installed last September some time and continued to use the grill.
I won't comment on customer service, other than I am less than impressed.....in the past couple of years, they have gone down hill.
Forward ahead to June 2020......hot rod goes out again.....called LG again, and their fix was to send another hot rod and PID controller....(I think this is my 4th PID controller from them) to correct the issue of premature hot rod failure...I think I am on #5.
The last couple of times I have begun down this road, once I turn the grill on......it heats up to about 80 degrees (pellets start to ignite) and then my 20 amp GFCI pops on the house.....GFCI outlet recently replaced along with the outlet I use for the grill. The circuit itself doesn't have anything else on it.
Last Sunday, it did that for the first time with the new set up......and once resetted and start back up....I could smell an electrical "burn/melt" smell. I have experienced this in the past....and more than likely the hot rod is probably on the way out again. (frustrated) I've gone through everything inside the hopper and can find no signs of any melted wires...etc
From a grill standpoint, it has been a good grill for the family, so I have been trying to chase down this "gremlin". I've done troubleshooting in the past and when the hot rod is unplugged, the grill runs flawless and I don't get the electrical smell......my wife does not prefer the manual light method during the week while I am driving home to get everything ready to grill.
Before I completely pull the plug on this grill......I am possibly thinking the PID controller is junk...again. Rather than continue this song and dance, I tossed around the idea of trying a PID controller from smoke daddy. Their patriot PID has wifi however isn't supported on IOS yet. Their other model doesn't have the wifi stuff, but has been around and I'd think would be tried & true.
Anybody have any thoughts on the above? Advice?....am I looking in the right direction? Just trying to get out of this rabbit hole.
Dennis has been great at smoke daddy and has offered advice and answered my questions about their controller in the past. If a simple PID would correct it....great! If it is more than that, I'd much rather toss my money at something new.
Anybody have any experience/thoughts on the PID's from Smoke Daddy?
All help appreciated.
Steve