Tim Loftus
TVWBB Member
First, let me thank Bryan for dreaming up the HM and Tom Kole for the case and off-set valves. Also to all those who have put time an effort into this project. it is awesome. I have been following for years, but do to time, money and self doubt, have not built one until now.
I had so much fun building the HM, now I can't wait to start using it.
but I have run into a little problem. the servo seems to cause major issues..... I lose WiFi, the fan runs inconsistent, and sometimes the display even losses power.....
Let me say that it runs without issues with only the fan attached to it...I did an 8 hour test run last Sunday and was able to play around with it a little bit. I have an Ugly Drum Smoker and I was able to attach the fan to a 1 inch copper pipe and that pipe fit right into the outlet of my smoker. I started off at 245 for an hour then down to 235 for an hour then down to 225 for the rest of the time.....it worked perfectly.
However when I bring a servo into the mix everything starts going haywire. The first servo I used when you powered the HM on or connected the cat 5 cable (I am using Tom Koles off set rotery valve version1) the HM went nuts, wifi stopped working, The LCD went crazy, the fan ran, then stopped then ran, and the servo just made funny sounds.....
So I started testing....found out it works fine without the servo, I tried another servo ( I got the 4 pack of the Tower pro that Tom recommends)it that seemed to fix some of the problems, but now it seems lit the unit when you add the servo just does not have enough power.
So My question to the forum...what do I do test to pin point the issue?
I had so much fun building the HM, now I can't wait to start using it.
but I have run into a little problem. the servo seems to cause major issues..... I lose WiFi, the fan runs inconsistent, and sometimes the display even losses power.....
Let me say that it runs without issues with only the fan attached to it...I did an 8 hour test run last Sunday and was able to play around with it a little bit. I have an Ugly Drum Smoker and I was able to attach the fan to a 1 inch copper pipe and that pipe fit right into the outlet of my smoker. I started off at 245 for an hour then down to 235 for an hour then down to 225 for the rest of the time.....it worked perfectly.
However when I bring a servo into the mix everything starts going haywire. The first servo I used when you powered the HM on or connected the cat 5 cable (I am using Tom Koles off set rotery valve version1) the HM went nuts, wifi stopped working, The LCD went crazy, the fan ran, then stopped then ran, and the servo just made funny sounds.....
So I started testing....found out it works fine without the servo, I tried another servo ( I got the 4 pack of the Tower pro that Tom recommends)it that seemed to fix some of the problems, but now it seems lit the unit when you add the servo just does not have enough power.
So My question to the forum...what do I do test to pin point the issue?