With the mods - at least I think I am.
The old OBS now has dual elements, a fan, an Auber PID, extra racks and a Snuggie. Just so you know it really happened here's the proof.
Not sure if the dual elements show up but you can see the extra rack supports and the fan.
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/JZ-bucket/Smoker/e055.jpg)
Here is the back showing the fan and the Snuggie.
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/JZ-bucket/Smoker/e056.jpg)
I ran what I thought was autotune on the PID but I must have missed something because the display was not flashing. The temps stayed within 1* either side of the set temp so I will leave it for now. My pet rock was apparently not needed for the test run.
One thing I noted was the outside edges of the door and the front edges of the cabinet got very hot. So hot that I could not keep my hand on them. So I am guessing that there is no insulation in those areas and therefore a lot of heat loss. Even the outside of the Snuggie was very warm to the touch. My DBS is much cooler to the touch with the Snuggie in place and I am guessing it has better insulation.
Gonna have to give the new setup a run. I know I am gonna love the PID especially for sausages and salmon.
Looks really good and nice clean job!!!
What Key said...really a nice job....couple of atta boys too...
JZ,
Nice work, very clean. Hope to hear that all of your efforts meet your expectations.
Jeff
Nice work!!
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looking good
Thanks Guys - but not sure this is what I was hoping for. I did some sausages and found that even with the fan and rotating the racks, some of the sausage was cooked more than others. Will keep you posted if I find a solution.
Quote from: JZ on March 07, 2012, 06:44:55 PM
Thanks Guys - but not sure this is what I was hoping for. I did some sausages and found that even with the fan and rotating the racks, some of the sausage was cooked more than others. Will keep you posted if I find a solution.
Same issue with me when I did some stix.
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QuoteThanks Guys - but not sure this is what I was hoping for. I did some sausages and found that even with the fan and rotating the racks, some of the sausage was cooked more than others. Will keep you posted if I find a solution.
just curious do you have the dual fan mod on the inside that i have seen talked
about on here, or the single?
if just the single fan on the inside of the motor, would a double fan on the
inside help with heat distribution, but would it push to much smoke out the fent?
thoughts?
Quote from: rigstar on March 08, 2012, 09:09:30 AM
QuoteThanks Guys - but not sure this is what I was hoping for. I did some sausages and found that even with the fan and rotating the racks, some of the sausage was cooked more than others. Will keep you posted if I find a solution.
just curious do you have the dual fan mod on the inside that i have seen talked
about on here, or the single?
if just the single fan on the inside of the motor, would a double fan on the
inside help with heat distribution, but would it push to much smoke out the fent?
thoughts?
I have a single fan mounted in the back center, right above the v tray. The fan is pushing air towards the door. If I do add another I will probably get the exhaust fan motor from Lowes and orders blade from elsewhere.
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I use a 4 inch plastic for my smoke stack to the chimney. Been thinking of buying a vent fan for a bathroom or kitchen and mounting in smoke stack. Then adding a rheostat to control speed.
I just have the single fan mod. Not sure if 2 fans would do the trick or not and if I did install another fan I would either;
1) use the same motor and put a larger blade on to see if that solves the issue - but this would mean giving up the bottom rack since the fan would hit it. That's ok though because I added extra shelf brackets, or
2) put a second fan in. But that would mean moving the one I already installed and then punching another hole through the box to install the second one. I am kinda reluctant to do that since I will then have 3 holes through the back of the smoker.
Quote from: JZ on March 08, 2012, 12:04:25 PM
I just have the single fan mod. Not sure if 2 fans would do the trick or not and if I did install another fan I would either;
1) use the same motor and put a larger blade on to see if that solves the issue - but this would mean giving up the bottom rack since the fan would hit it. That's ok though because I added extra shelf brackets, or
2) put a second fan in. But that would mean moving the one I already installed and then punching another hole through the box to install the second one. I am kinda reluctant to do that since I will then have 3 holes through the back of the smoker.
I can't add a bigger blade cause it will hit the v-tray. Wonder mounting one towards the front at the same level as the other would make a difference. ???
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Oh crap - I didn't think about the vpan. Back to the drawing board.
2) put a second fan in. But that would mean moving the one I already installed and then punching another hole through the box to install the second one. I am kinda reluctant to do that since I will then have 3 holes through the back of the smoker.
sorry JZ i didn't mean a complete other fan, i meant put 2 fans on the same shaft
i finally found the thread i was looking, i knew i had seen it somewhere
it was posted by Docz here
forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=27150.msg325330#msg325330
and a pic of it running
forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=27005.0
i wonder how he likes it and if it would cures(d) the problem?
Thanks Rigstar - I will see if I can squeeze another blade on the inside and give that a try.
Docz's fan seems to have much bigger blades than what I am using.
np JZ,
i have not done the fan mod yet so i couldn't speak on size,
hopefully Docz sees this thread and will let us know the
diameter of his fan
Here are the links from the post above
forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=27150.msg325330#msg325330
(http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=27150.msg325330#msg325330)
forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=27005.0
(http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=27005.0)