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Dave in AZ
, here's the fan setup.
This is the fan I bought from the bezos flea market
Variable speed and relatively cheap IMO. I just run it at ever so slightly more than minimum speed.
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To get it to fit over the exhaust I had to bend the tab. I was a little worried it would break but I got away with that one.
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This is how I attached it to the wye. The output of the fan was slightly too large to go in, so I took a small 1" flapper wheel (80 grit I think) on my small die grinder and removed material on the PVC side until it was a very snug fit. Covered all the openings with gorilla tape and voila! It's essentially a small venturi setup. Works great and it's very quiet when at low speed. Again, the adapter on the bottom is for clearance of the fan.
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Just another pic of the PVC 3 to 2 inch
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I completely gutted the chip loader thingamabob and wrapped it in foil for a better fit, and I use that as the air intake adjustment along with the hole in the bottom of the smoker that goes to the grease trap. Cracked open that far (highly technical terms here) seems to be the sweet spot for the dust maze.
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I took everything out around the heating element and bent up this cheap cooling rack to hold my heat deflector, which I bought in the grilling section of either Lowes or sprawl mart.
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And the maze sits in the corner.
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So that's it.... hope that helps someone along their way. I still have yet to achieve what I call acceptable results with cold smoking, I'm hopeful this setup will work. With temps dropping now I'm going to give it another whirl sometime soon. I want to cold smoke bacon, but I'm going to sacrifice some cheese to start.
Thanks for looking, and any questions lemme know! I've picked up a cold, so now I think it's hot toddy time.