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Chris__M

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Simple is best
« on: September 02, 2018, 10:27:53 AM »

As I mentioned at the start of summer, while my GMG DC is fully WiFi equipped, my old Traeger is currently running on a timed relay of my own devising. It works fine, but it doesn't give me the ability to monitor the grill while in the house.

So, a while back, I bought an inexpensive bluetooth thermometer, with 4 probe channels.

This works great when I am at the grill, it has a large display that switches through the probes.

I can also call it up on my phone or tablet; and it works fine at the back of my house. However, bluetooth being what it is, and because my BBQ is behind my garage - at the foot of my garden - the signal doesn't extend to the front of my house, where the lounge and my office is. It has too many walls to go through. This is a pain, as I do a lot of my cooking during the day, while I work from home.

I wondered if there was such a thing as a bluetooth relay, and googled for one for some time without luck.

Then it came to me.

5m 2.5mm jack to socket extension leads, 4 of them, each costing just over a pound. This lets me simply move the thermometer device along the side of the garage, visible to the garden, 4m closer and in direct sight to the house.

Result, I can now look up and see temps from anywhere in the garden, and I am getting a strong bluetooth signal all the way through to the office. The one downside is that I no longer have a direct view of the device when actually fiddling with the BBQ, but that isn't a problem, as it is more for monitoring than setting up.

I wasn't sure if the longer lead might affect the connection between the probes and the thermometer. But it seems perfectly happy.

Sometimes, simple is best.
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Re: Simple is best
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2018, 10:35:21 AM »

I suppose I didn't piece together the puzzle before.  We've got a bunch of retired folks on here, but there's also a lot of us work from home types.  Fortunately for me my 200 sq foot detached office (you'd maybe think garden shed if you didn't come in and see the 3 monitors, TV, couch, and two laptops)  has a nice line of sight to the smokers, maybe 50 feet total.  No bluetooth problems here.   

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Re: Simple is best
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2018, 10:41:03 AM »

I really like that this site has smart. creative people who will share their experiences.  Thanks Chris!
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2018, 11:02:00 AM »

It's funny when we spend time working out a problem in our heads only to have the simple solution pop into place. Then I think, what took me so long?
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