New Smoker Day!
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twilliams Seriously, it was in the laxative aisle?! Yes, I am a child! Jamieson22 Don’t forget to join the PK100 group at https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/groups/pk100
Jonathon yep, in the laxative isle. Will soften and slide that stuff right through. I do not know by experience….lol.
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Congratulations on your new toy, you’ll love it !!
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Nice! That is on my wish list!
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I am envious, Have fun!
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I leaned something I wasn’t aware of during my initial burn-in: The PK100 trips GFCI outlets. My outdoor kitchen is all in a dedicated 20amp circuit but all receptacles are GFCI. I called Pro-Smoker and they recommend a none GFCI circuit or the use of a cheater plug to bypass the ground.
Anyone else have this issue?
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My 9am-5pm freight delivery window ended up with a 7pm delivery time. Got it unboxed, put the wheels on and peeled the stainless protector film off. Will do initial burn-in tomorrow and hopefully smoke first batch of sausage this weekend!
It is a beautiful machine and can’t wait to put it to use!
Jamieson22 Oooh, Great new toys!! I’m in love! (just don’t tell my old GOSM big block, as she’ll get the hiccups on me!)
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twilliams Seriously, it was in the laxative aisle?! Yes, I am a child! Jamieson22 Don’t forget to join the PK100 group at https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/groups/pk100
Jonathon said in New Smoker Day!:
twilliams Seriously, it was in the laxative aisle?! Yes, I am a child! Jamieson22 Don’t forget to join the PK100 group at https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/groups/pk100
You ARE a pup! snicker, snicker, snort, snort, lol
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I leaned something I wasn’t aware of during my initial burn-in: The PK100 trips GFCI outlets. My outdoor kitchen is all in a dedicated 20amp circuit but all receptacles are GFCI. I called Pro-Smoker and they recommend a none GFCI circuit or the use of a cheater plug to bypass the ground.
Anyone else have this issue?
Jamieson22 said in New Smoker Day!:
I leaned something I wasn’t aware of during my initial burn-in: The PK100 trips GFCI outlets. My outdoor kitchen is all in a dedicated 20amp circuit but all receptacles are GFCI. I called Pro-Smoker and they recommend a none GFCI circuit or the use of a cheater plug to bypass the ground.
Anyone else have this issue?
I have seen this with some other smokers as well. In every case, the tripping was the result of the heating element absorbing tiny amounts of moisture and subsequent current leakage that causes the GFCI outlet to trip.
You can try to plug the smoker into a non-GFCI outlet and powering it up so it turns the element on and it begins to heat for 30 minutes or so. This dries out the element.
After the heat cycle, Move the smoker to a GFCI outlet and see if it still trips. If it still trips, then you may have a bad element or other problem.
I would not recommend modifying the plug or doing anything that removes the ground connection from the smoker cabinet.
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I leaned something I wasn’t aware of during my initial burn-in: The PK100 trips GFCI outlets. My outdoor kitchen is all in a dedicated 20amp circuit but all receptacles are GFCI. I called Pro-Smoker and they recommend a none GFCI circuit or the use of a cheater plug to bypass the ground.
Anyone else have this issue?
Jamieson22 look at the tech data placard on the back of the unit. Look to see how many amps it’s drawing on both burner settings. 120v unit will draw much more amps than my 220v unit and I believe I put in a 30 amp breaker and that’s the only thing running on it. How many other appliances you have running on that circuit with your outdoor kitchen? You need to add up all those amperages as well to figure out how many peak amps your running.
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Jamieson22 look at the tech data placard on the back of the unit. Look to see how many amps it’s drawing on both burner settings. 120v unit will draw much more amps than my 220v unit and I believe I put in a 30 amp breaker and that’s the only thing running on it. How many other appliances you have running on that circuit with your outdoor kitchen? You need to add up all those amperages as well to figure out how many peak amps your running.
twilliams said in New Smoker Day!:
Jamieson22 look at the tech data placard on the back of the unit. Look to see how many amps it’s drawing on both burner settings. 120v unit will draw much more amps than my 220v unit and I believe I put in a 30 amp breaker and that’s the only thing running on it. How many other appliances you have running on that circuit with your outdoor kitchen? You need to add up all those amperages as well to figure out how many peak amps your running.
twilliams He says it is tripping the GFCI.
A GFCI won’t trip on over current. A GFCI is designed to trip on leakage current to ground.
If he was tripping the circuit breaker for his outdoor outlets, then he might have an over current condition from too many appliances being run on the circuit, but that is not what I understand him to be saying.Paul
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twilliams said in New Smoker Day!:
Jamieson22 look at the tech data placard on the back of the unit. Look to see how many amps it’s drawing on both burner settings. 120v unit will draw much more amps than my 220v unit and I believe I put in a 30 amp breaker and that’s the only thing running on it. How many other appliances you have running on that circuit with your outdoor kitchen? You need to add up all those amperages as well to figure out how many peak amps your running.
twilliams He says it is tripping the GFCI.
A GFCI won’t trip on over current. A GFCI is designed to trip on leakage current to ground.
If he was tripping the circuit breaker for his outdoor outlets, then he might have an over current condition from too many appliances being run on the circuit, but that is not what I understand him to be saying.processhead said in New Smoker Day!:
twilliams He says it is tripping the GFCI.
Correct. It tripped the GFCI receptacle not the circuit breaker. My patio is on a dedicated 20amp circuit.
I am used to pellet grills tripping the GFCI when the hot rod goes bad so I reached out and was told by Pro-Smoker to use the cheater plug. They also suggested a larger gauge and shorter extension cord but I was plugged directly into outlet. Basically saying “don’t use the PK100 on a GFCI circuit”.
Also pinged my electrician and he said the cheater plug would be fine. Once I use it enough to know where I want to plug it in, will likely have that receptacle swapped for non-GFCI.
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Jonathon said in New Smoker Day!:
Don’t forget to join the PK100 group at https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/groups/pk100
Joined!
Jamieson22 Jonathan forgot to tell you to also join team ORANGE, I am sure it was just an oversight on his part.
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