What to do when your GFCI fails while cooking a Coulotte w/qview

[bmudd14474]

Had the pellet proper going. Went out to put the Coulotte on and the smoker is off and the GFCI is tripped. Reset it and off we went.

Put the Coulotte on and waited. 2 minutes in and GFCI trips again. Unplugged the smoker and just left a usb security camera on and it popped again.

Remembering I saw a post recently about someone.runnong a pellet pooper off a power tool batter and ac adaptor I thought hey I have one of those power banks.

Got it out and hooked it up. With the ignitor on it was drawing 350watts. Once it shut off it was running at 19watta. When the auger kicked.in it went to 55 watts.

The battery said it would run the smoker for over 16hrs.

Here it is at the end.

If you have ever thought about one they are well worth it. Ha e used thru several power failures.

Amazon has this one for $100 off

There are smaller.ones as well.

Here's the coulotte

Thanks for watching.

 

[jcam222]

Man that looks tasty!! I've never cooked or eaten a coulotte

 

[Nefarious]

Another enabler, who knew I needed one of these?

 

[Nefarious]

Man that looks tasty!! I've never cooked or eaten a coulotte

Another name for a picanha.

 

[Fueling Around]

Fast thinking Brian.
You saved a great looking meal.

 

[bmudd14474]

BTW I will be replacing the outlet. Looking at a wifi GFCI

 

[civilsmoker]

Nice save…..the green mountain grills are actually 12v with a converter for the house plug….you can run them right off a car batter…. I’ve run my little one that way a number of times!

That picanah looks tasty…we have one in the freezer for holidays!

 

[forktender]

Had the pellet proper going. Went out to put the Coulotte on and the smoker is off and the GFCI is tripped. Reset it and off we went.

Put the Coulotte on and waited. 2 minutes in and GFCI trips again. Unplugged the smoker and just left a usb security camera on and it popped again.

Remembering I saw a post recently about someone.runnong a pellet pooper off a power tool batter and ac adaptor I thought hey I have one of those power banks.

Got it out and hooked it up. With the ignitor on it was drawing 350watts. Once it shut off it was running at 19watta. When the auger kicked.in it went to 55 watts.

The battery said it would run the smoker for over 16hrs.

Here it is at the end.
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If you have ever thought about one they are well worth it. Ha e used thru several power failures.

Amazon has this one for $100 off

There are smaller.ones as well.

Here's the coulotte

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Thanks for watching.

WOW, that meat looks frick'in amazing!!!

At my last house, I had a GFI plug on the back patio, and my Camp Chef tripped it constantly. For a while I ran a heavy duty power cord into the garage, but got tired of tripping over it and finally replaced the GFI plug with a standard outlet, and never looked back. Unless there is a swimming pool or hot tub near the outlet, personally, I'd trash it I hate the damn things.
Then again, I'm a retired Plumber/ Steam Fitter not an electrician. LOL!!!

 

[chopsaw]

BTW I will be replacing the outlet. Looking at a wifi GFCI

Make sure it's not another receptacle in the circuit causing the issue . Could be something in the kitchen , bathroom , or the garage .
Not all of them have a reset , but they are in the circuit , and cause another location to trip .
I had that happen with the one in my kitchen was causing the patio to trip when I used it .

 

[JLeonard]

Way to adapt and overcome! Great looking cook!

Jim

 

[Winterrider]

Make sure it's not another receptacle in the circuit causing the issue . Could be something in the kitchen , bathroom , or the garage .
Not all of them have a reset , but they are in the circuit , and cause another location to trip .
I had that happen with the one in my kitchen was causing the patio to trip when I used it .

My brother had that same thing. Guest bathroom causing the patio outlet to trip.

 

[chopsaw]

Guest bathroom causing the patio outlet to trip.

Yup . Mine was a coffee maker sitting on a damp counter . When I turned my MES on it tripped after a couple minutes .

 

[flatbroke]

BTW I will be replacing the outlet. Looking at a wifi GFCI

Don’t put a TGIF or it will never work

 

[gmc2003]

Nice save and an even nicer cooks Brian

Point for sure
Chris

 

[HalfSmoked]

Looks eatable.

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Warren

 

[bmudd14474]

WOW, that meat looks frick'in amazing!!!

At my last house, I had a GFI plug on the back patio, and my Camp Chef tripped it constantly. For a while I ran a heavy duty power cord into the garage, but got tired of tripping over it and finally replaced the GFI plug with a standard outlet, and never looked back. Unless there is a swimming pool or hot tub near the outlet, personally, I'd trash it I hate the damn things.
Then again, I'm a retired Plumber/ Steam Fitter not an electrician. LOL!!!

Make sure it's not another receptacle in the circuit causing the issue . Could be something in the kitchen , bathroom , or the garage .
Not all of them have a reset , but they are in the circuit , and cause another location to trip .
I had that happen with the one in my kitchen was causing the patio to trip when I used it .

This circuit has the laundry room light and range hood on it. Nothing else on it. Seems to be a heat issue so when it's warm, it trips at 300watt load.

All.of the outlets in the house are the cheapest the builder could get I'm sure.

 

[JC in GB]

I love it when a plan comes together.

John "Hannibal" Smith

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looks great Brian! Nice recovery!

Ryan

 

[hoity toit]

WOW, that meat looks frick'in amazing!!!

At my last house, I had a GFI plug on the back patio, and my Camp Chef tripped it constantly. For a while I ran a heavy duty power cord into the garage, but got tired of tripping over it and finally replaced the GFI plug with a standard outlet, and never looked back. Unless there is a swimming pool or hot tub near the outlet, personally, I'd trash it I hate the damn things.
Then again, I'm a retired Plumber/ Steam Fitter not an electrician. LOL!!!

Im retired electrician and i did the same thing....to hell w the gfci

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

Looks awesome. I had a GFCI on my patio that kept tripping when I fired up my pellet pooper. Everyone said replace the fire rod in my RecTeq. I replaced the GFCI with a regular outlet and I was back in action. I was raised back in the day when we weren't told we needed GFCI's, and we also took turns on who got to pour lighter fluid on a bed of charcoal while Dad threw a match on that sucker.