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re: Master built electric smoker tripping the circuit
Posted on 8/31/13 at 7:58 am to Tigerpaw123
Posted on 8/31/13 at 7:58 am to Tigerpaw123
It won't help you with this issue, but don't use an extension cord with your smoker. I've read that tends to be the cause of heating elements going out. I put an 8lb brisket on mine at midnight.
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Posted on 8/31/13 at 8:16 am to dbb
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It won't help you with this issue, but don't use an extension cord with your smoker.
depends on the cord, there are some with larger diameter wire than you find in your walls, those are fine. But if your heating element needs 5amps and it can only pull three, that's when you have issues.
Generally speaking it should work with an orange cord though. Make sure your ground is good.
But IMO, it sounds like he has metal touching the element. Same thing happens in oven, when the element touches the walls it won't work/ trips.
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