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Pit Talk -- Comments and Questions Regarding These Pellet Pits => All Other Pellet Manufactures. => Topic started by: Brushpopper on July 01, 2021, 10:34:04 PM
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I fired up my Maverick this evening to cook a brisket for the weekend and right after I put the meat on it stopped working. I had power to the plug so I have no idea what to check. Any suggestions? :help: :help:
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If it is not the GFI outlet, check the fuse on the controller. Or, if it is like my Memphis and there is a plug a socket end to the chord that has to be plugged in to the prong on the back of the controller. Make sure that socket end is good and tight to the prong on the controller.
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Hope you got it working by now, they use the roanoake controller I think. When I had my rectec it had one in and there is a 5A fuse on the back of it, assuming they are built the same way as mine was.
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I'm going to mess with it this morning. It was like we lost power but there are no GFCI plugs on the circuit and I had power to the plug. It shut off when I closed the lid after putting the brisket on
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I believe Lew nailed it. I had the plug that connects to the controller almost come off on my Memphis ( same make of controller). After making sure it was firmly connected I made a "strain relief" using a zip
tie to hold the power supply cord to the pit so as to prevent any movement @ the cord to controller connection. Note: black colored zip ties are UV resistant and will last longer than the white ones.
If there is power @ the controller and the fuse is good: that leaves the controller itself..Don't just look @ the fuse. Check it with an ohmmeter. For the power supply cord, check it @ the end where it plugs into
the controller using a voltmeter.
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Does the outlet have power? Main fuse panel?
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Lew nailed it. :cool: It was the 5A fuse, which I know I have and can't find. I had a 10A and it worked with that but I'll get the right one today and cook the brisket tonight. It ain't supposed to start raining until 5 or 6 tomorrow afternoon. Thanks y'all!!
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My daughter says that yesterday the lights flickered right before I came in and said my pit stopped. May have had a surge so I'll have extras on hand just in case.
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RELIEF! Glad you found it..
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RELIEF! Glad you found it..
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DON'T DO THIS: Wrap a pellet with aluminum foil to use as a fuse.. All in gest! Just thought of it.
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DON'T DO THIS: Wrap a pellet with aluminum foil to use as a fuse.. All in gest! Just thought of it.
It's OK if you like sparks and fire that aren't in the burn pot.
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I remember the days of wrapping a fuse in a gum wrapper to get home. Children don't try this at home. I am a trained professional. I don't even know if Juicy Fruit uses foil wrappers anymore.
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I remember the days of wrapping a fuse in a gum wrapper to get home. Children don't try this at home. I am a trained professional. I don't even know if Juicy Fruit uses foil wrappers anymore.
Fuses today look nothing like those days, I guess you could fold the gum wrapper to the right width and stuff it in where the blades go.
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I figured out why the fuse popped. I fired the pit up late yesterday to cook the brisket and after about eight minutes there was no smoke even though I could hear pellets going into the burn pot. I took everything out and used a couple cotton balls and charcoal lighter to get the fire going and I was back in business. My igniter must have died and caused the fuse to pop.
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The igniter is an easy fix. At least you aren't doun + out and have found the cause of the problem..
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I would have expected it to just turn off after x minutes if temp hadn't increased.
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I would have expected to just turn off after x minutes if temp hadn't increased.
I thought that at first when it shut off because I had left the lid open and got busy with something else for my wife for awhile but I had no power whatsoever to the controller.
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The Roanoke controller (same as yours except for programming) on the Memphis will energize the igniter if it senses a certain drop in temperature over a certain time. At very low tmps ~ 180º - ~ 220º ish, the
igniter stays off unless the lid is left open for a minute or so. At higher temps ~ 350º up, it is faster. ~ 500º it's almost instant: open the lid + the igniter comes on. When it comes on, it stays on for close to 7
minuits. When opening the lid, depending for how long I intend to have it open, I'll drop the temp setting to its lowest setting. That generally gives me time to do what I have to + get the lid shut averting an
other igniter cycle. My intent is to extend ignitre life.
After that long ramble, what may have happened to you is: The igniter shorted to ground just after it had ignited the pellets and the power to it from the controller had been switched off. After that when you
opened the lid, the pit temp dropped to where the controller felt a reignite was in order energizing the igniter circuit only for power to be sent to ground resulting in a circuit overload = burnt fuse.
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When I fired it up Friday it never lit the fire. I ordered a new igniter and I'll find out.