Smoker Issue
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Smoker Issue
Good afternoon on this very grey and rainy Boxing Day afternoon and I hope you all had great Christmas’s
I have fitted (correctly) a GI Smokers Unit (Baroness) Version 2 smoke unit to my IBU2U Full board in my Taigen pro metal King Tiger. The smoker sort of works, but the smoker takes an age to warm up (10 to 12 minutes) and then when the smoke does decide to come out, only comes out very sparsely.
I have not over filled the smoker unit. There are no kinks in the tubing, nor airlocks.
Any ideas or suggestions would be great.
I have fitted (correctly) a GI Smokers Unit (Baroness) Version 2 smoke unit to my IBU2U Full board in my Taigen pro metal King Tiger. The smoker sort of works, but the smoker takes an age to warm up (10 to 12 minutes) and then when the smoke does decide to come out, only comes out very sparsely.
I have not over filled the smoker unit. There are no kinks in the tubing, nor airlocks.
Any ideas or suggestions would be great.
‘Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes’ - Oscar Wilde
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Re: Smoker Issue
If you have another 7.2 smoke unit hook it up to the ibu to see how it performs. Also you could test the smoker on another tank to see how it behaves. If that’s not an option use a multimeter to check if the smoke unit is getting enough juice. Also, with GI smokers the polarity matters, ensure you have positive wire from the fan plugged to the positive output on the board etc. Has this smoke unit ever worked right for you, or is it brand new? Also make sure it’s full, you can drain off extra oil if you over fill it, that’s the nice thing about the GI units. Better to accidentally over fill it than running it dry and burning it out.
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Re: Smoker Issue
yes our friend is right, make sure the fan is running the right way? which would possibly explain your worries
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Re: Smoker Issue
Hi chaps.
The fan is running in the correct direction I.e. drawing air in.
I have checked the voltage of the smoker connector on the IBU2U and it’s only pushing out 4.2 volts.
Is there any way of “boosting” the voltage between the board and the smoker at all?
The fan is running in the correct direction I.e. drawing air in.
I have checked the voltage of the smoker connector on the IBU2U and it’s only pushing out 4.2 volts.
Is there any way of “boosting” the voltage between the board and the smoker at all?
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Re: Smoker Issue
Good evening, am I not stuck on this type of platinum? but reading the manual, there seem to be two systems:
a connection for a proportional system and a connection for Tarr smoke? does not the concern come from there? attached doc.
https://www.manualslib.de/manual/422132 ... e=2#manual
Se page 2
a connection for a proportional system and a connection for Tarr smoke? does not the concern come from there? attached doc.
https://www.manualslib.de/manual/422132 ... e=2#manual
Se page 2
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Re: Smoker Issue
see also page 19
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Re: Smoker Issue
page 19 he talks about the flue gas power setting 0 off / 50% / minimum and 100% maximum, this must be in the programming on a PC or transmitter,
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Re: Smoker Issue
I’ll give that a go on Thursday. thank you.
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Re: Smoker Issue
Jofaur86 wrote:page 19 he talks about the flue gas power setting 0 off / 50% / minimum and 100% maximum, this must be in the programming on a PC or transmitter,
I managed to find a few minutes today and tweaked the .ini file. It all appears to be ok now. It doesn’t help me by being slightly dyslexic, so I miss “seeing” things like that.
Thanks for you help. Much appreciated.
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Re: Smoker Issue
great if I can be of help no worries