Pellet Fan
Pit Talk -- Comments and Questions Regarding These Pellet Pits => FEC/Cookshack => Topic started by: pagesk on April 03, 2019, 08:56:02 PM
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After probably 6+ years, it finally broke. It was tripping the GFI and I found the igniter was dead. I had to start it with lighter fluid last night. Oh well I will give me chance to give it a good cleaning when I install the replacement part.
My cast iron grill is just about burned through, that replacement stainless one for $121 is steep. Anyone replace their cast iron with anything else? I was thinking of getting a scrap of flattened expanded steel, stainless if the metal dealer has it.
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lighter fluid - really? why?
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Needed something to light some pellets on fire. I could stand there with a match and I didn't have any kindling. I just grabbed some pellets, gave them a squirt of charcoal lighter and let them burn enough so that the combustion fan didn't blow the fire out. Probably only a teaspoon on a couple of dozen pellet bits.
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I had to start it with lighter fluid last night.
Next time consider soaking a cotton ball or two in alcohol and light that way. It's how I light charcoal.
Just remember that alcohol flame is invisible so you may not realize that it's burning.
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Expanded may need some support.
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After probably 6+ years, it finally broke. It was tripping the GFI and I found the igniter was dead. I had to start it with lighter fluid last night. Oh well I will give me chance to give it a good cleaning when I install the replacement part.
It's a very simple replacement. Should not take but just a few minutes.