I got the 3d printed case from Tom and purchased my parts from Bryan's site
I didn't have to do the surface mount soldering when I ordered it with the thermocouple PCB. I got all the parts, everything went smooth other than some things I misunderstood. The instructions are very well written...
Got my probes, weber smokey mountain w/replacement door and thermostats all calibrated (thanks again for the help). I'm still waiting on the gasket kit I ordered but that isn't going to stop me from getting everything dirty this weekend.
I wanted to express my gratitude again and show how I...
It is right on the money in boiling water w/o the offset. Should have searched the documentation, my ignorance in thermometers didn't realize that the regular probes and a thermocouple would need to be calibrated differently.
Really appreciate you guys taking the time to help out, especially...
Yeah, in hindsight I should have checked that before posting. Thank you, it hasn't even gotten dirty yet! The aftermarket door and my probes just got here today so it's going to be a long smoking weekend! I'm really excited.
ok, it seems accurate at 5mV/C with -5 offset.
I took the terminals off and plugged the wires into the HM and it looks like that might have gotten rid of the erratic readings...
The best I can get the thermocouple I purchased to behave is bouncing around between +/- 2º of reality every second, sometimes it deviates 3º but it also lands on the right temp or within 1º.
I've messed with changing the ofsets and mV/C but the jumpy behavior seems to follow. I seem to recall...
I ended up going to Home Depot and Lowes pricing all of the parts I would need. They didn't have any valved manifolds and the whole setup was going to cost ~$100 in parts so I ended up coming home with a WSM 18.5" and spent $3 on the parts to hook it up.
I may still end up doing just the...
I was thinking if I come out of the grill and looped the copper pipes in tight 3" loops a couple times each and connected the tubing then the heat would be dissipated enough. Would make mounting really easy with flexible lines. You are right again, it's probably worth giving it a shot. If it...
Thanks Bob, great points. That vortex looks pretty useful. I already ordered two of the gasket kits that are advertised for the WSM so I can seal my kettle up in addition to the WSM.
I think 3/8 would be too large, if I make the 3/4" hole any bigger it will either interfere with the grate...
Ok, I went to the part store last night and just looked at things while brainstorming.
This is what I have come up with so far:
The existing one-touch hole is 3/4" so I would be able to do this without drilling holes if I used 1/4" copper but I don't think 1/4" is going to be large enough...