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It was reporting 21 F most of the time till it stopped communicating, and the HM still said about 21 this AM (I had 3 probes in it), which was consistent with the thermometer and weatherman. We had unusually stable temps here last night, and it was inside a closed room. Also, I had 3 WiFi...

My HM has run for weeks continuously on my desk, a couple of feet from the WiFi gateway, either with or without the Ethernet plugged in. But when I go to cook the HM itself keeps running fine, but I lose connectivity after maybe 8-12 hours. A power cycle reboot gets it back online, but often...

Thanks, Nick. Trying another cook tonight. If the WiFi dies again, I'll order that adapter with an external antenna. I'll need one of those for another project anyway if I find out there's enough WiFi signal where I want to use it.

Will the DIN plug idea get used again, for an interface board allowing 1 TC and 3 meat probes remotely attached to the HM along with the damper?

Thanks to all for the advice, and especially Bryan and John for their detailed instructions. Several issues caused my problems, most of which come under the heading of SHOOTING MYSELF IN THE FOOT: First of all, I got in a hurry and bought a beautifully assembled and configured HM rather than...

One issue I've just found is that the "Reset Configuration" wasn't actually working. It is now - not sure why except maybe I'm waiting longer for it to start resetting? I've been resetting my router (not popular with the family since it's a 5-minute process and they're offline while I'm doing...

Truly screwed again. I've reset the HM and reflashed the SD card many times now, editing the config.txt every time. Wireless adapter is out and lying on my desk. I can't even get it to communicate through the wired connection now. I had the Edimax running but wanted to see if the TP-Link...

OK - I'm back again to having WiFi and Ethernet active. Multiple resets and reflashing, and then manual configuration changes. I don't see anything I was doing differently before, and the first several iterations didn't restore the WiFi. Try, try again did work... The config.txt in the...

I'm downloading Win32 Disk Imager now to try that...

Thanks, Bryan... I did that and was still just the same - there's nothing there that I haven't been setting that way. I did a "Reset Configuration" and reconfigured stuff and was still the same. Then for some reason I got the bright idea to reinstall the luci-app-ddns (I know that wasn't my...

I had my WiFi working well, though I was never able to access the HM from outside my home network (I do have an external static IP and hostname through No-IP). Used an Edimax Nano as recommended in the Wiki. Last cook I had to keep rebooting to keep the connection going, so I bought a...

The blanket certainly helps with heat loss in the wind. It's only on the sides of the cooker so there's still some heat loss through the top, but it's certainly very manageable. I just couldn't keep enough heat before and ran through a bag of Kingsford in an all-day cook. Now with good lump...

As a follow-up, I have solved my "lack of heat" issues - I believe it was a combination of fuel and heat loss. Switching to quality lump charcoal was a revelation. The RO lump I bought from Home Depot may have been abused, but the bag looked good and it was available. Really small pieces...

Well, I'm not finished with PID settings, but the experience of my first HM cook was WONDERFUL, even with some blunders. Good stuff: Lump charcoal is great - I have no intention of ever touching a piece of Kingsford again. With a full, slightly overpiled ring and lighting two chimneys at first...

Thanks to all - I'm doing a brisket overnight tomorrow night, and wanted a starting point. I'll try yours, Benjamin, since it looks like your HeaterMeter is closer to mine in configuration. We've corresponded before - I'm in Riverside, 9 miles SW of the Loop. I keep meaning to get to Horrible...

I've searched the Forum and haven't found any suggested starting settings for PID settings on an 18" WSM. About to try a first cook with my new HM and would like to make a good start. I can't wait to be able to check temps remotely and help the fire along in the cold Chicago weather - what a...

I've had the same problems and have not found any single issue to account for low temps. However, I must note that I'm always smoking on a windy day (just luck), the outdoor temperature has never been above 50 degrees F when I'm smoking and occasionally in the 30's, and lump charcoal gives me...

I've got much more heat now. I tried Royal Oak lump and though it's only small pieces, it works way better than Kingsford briquettes. RO briquettes are hotter than Kingsford too, but lots of dust in the bottom of the bag. THEN I found Kamado Joe lump at Costco - part of a special...

Maybe so, but it's 15" diameter and fits perfectly - better than the repurposed Weber "Smoky Joe" part that the 18" WSM now comes with. Good access to the fire, and (I foiled it) it still looks the same as when I put it in there. I used less than half a gallon of (started with it boiling)...

Regarding my original post - I have found limited solutions. Last night I put in a 13.7 pound (untrimmed) brisket at about 11 PM. I had bought two bags of Royal Oak briquettes and a bag of RO lump. I used a whole bag of briquettes initially (about 3 chimneys) including the lit one I put on...