New-ish user with a question

[Nmollenhauer]

Hello,

I've had my 4 rack digital smoker for just about a year now and it has been great.  However this past weekend the bisquette heater stopped working mid-smoke. 

I've cleaned it, as per this forum, and opened the generator to make sure the wire were connected.  Still no luck.  I have not tried running an amp/resistance check, mostly because I'm not sure how.

Any other suggestions?  Also, how can I bypass the oven thermometer, so I can run the generator without having it connected to the oven?  If all else fails, does Bradley make replacement heaters?

thanks for any help

Nick

[KyNola]

Hi Nick and welcome to the Forum.  Yes, Bradley sells replacement heaters as does www.yardandpool.com , a trusted vendor, friend and member of the Forum.

[tskeeter]

As for running your digital smoke generator away from your smoker, you need a bypass plug (To plug in where you would normally plug in the temperature sensor signal from the smoker cabinet.  It's the small wire that is not a power cord.) or you need to cut and extend the temperature sensor cord.  You can get a bypass plug from Yard and Pool for, if I remember correctly, less than $10.  Get a couple.  They are small and easy to misplace.   

[Habanero Smoker]

Hi Nmollenhauer;

Welcome to the forum.

If you are a DIY type of person, you can build your own bypass plug.
Bypass Plug

[Nmollenhauer]

Thanks for the bypass and heater info.

Appreciated