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08-13-2011, 11:07 PM | #1 |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 07-04-10
Location: loganville ga
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temp. controller for my uga-ly drum smoker
I made use of some junk i had laying around here . took a fan out of an old computer , cut 3 pieces of plexiglass to finish boxing in to make the shroud, epoxied it all together alone with a 3/4 copper fitting 12volt dc fan complete. Had a ac/dc adapter with 12v . output , bought a pid controller for 44.00 . Once i got it all set , it's amazing to watch it chase the temp. around when you set it to auto tune. loaded 16.6 bag of kingsford briq. at 11am , put a rack of babybacks on at 12:30 took off at 6:30 left it burning ,temp at 11pm was still 225 ( set@ 250 desired)but it rained for an hour or so,probably had some effect on temp.
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08-13-2011, 11:21 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: 04-25-11
Location: Valdese, NC
Name/Nickname : John
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Sounds like it's workin fine to me :) I love the 'Dawgs' smoker... that is just too cool :)
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08-14-2011, 01:34 AM | #3 |
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Join Date: 06-03-10
Location: Shawnee, KS
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I have to say that that is a piece of junk...literally. Please send here for testing....well done sir, well done.
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08-14-2011, 03:57 AM | #4 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 08-13-09
Location: Puyallup, WA
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very worthy of a UDS, good Job.
After, making my Heatermeter(Arduino+linksys router). I started with a 6.5cfm blower and found that it would not blow enough. You might want to ditch the fan and get a more powerful blower. I am now very satified with a BFB1012HH 1.5amp 15 watts 34.7 max CFM, Ebay for 10 dollars. I can close the ball valve down and it will push alot of air into the UDS.
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08-14-2011, 10:24 AM | #5 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 05-03-07
Location: New Baltimore, Mi.
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Very cool set-up!
My drum will run about 24 hrs with that much charcoal and NO blower help.
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08-14-2011, 12:50 PM | #6 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 01-30-11
Location: McCormick, SC
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Go Dawgs!!!!!!!!! Beautiful drum.
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08-14-2011, 07:37 PM | #7 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 07-02-11
Location: The Old Dominion
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Very nice UDS!
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08-14-2011, 07:46 PM | #8 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 11-26-10
Location: Carroll Ohio
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Dude I spent all weekend think about how to do the exact same thing ! Thanks for the ideas, temp control on my UDS sucks !! And before the lords of UDS tell me the obvious yes I have looked high and low and can not find any air leaks, it does not seem to matter how I set my intake so it has to be getting air from somewhere I just cant figure out where. Keep smokin, Stan
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