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    The "How-to" for making an Arduino controlled smoker

    @nickelmore Mess with the P value and zero out the I and the D values and you will have larger pulses...or you could make everything zero and it would just be on if the temp falls below. But you do run the risk of overshoot.
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    P.I.D. controller ?

    I from the looks of your robust SSR and heatsink i'd say you were gunning to control an electric smoker?
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    P.I.D. controller ?

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    P.I.D. controller ?

    Sorry about that I didn't read your post carefully. But if it's just 6" I wouldn't be too worried but at that point i'd just take apart the quick connect and connect it all directly. And as for the ones with multiple inputs those could get expensive from what I understand. Unless you go out...
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    P.I.D. controller ?

    To worry about a 1 degree difference on these things is almost pointless. The thermocouple will get you ballparked. http://www.omega.com/techref/thermcolorcodes.html Here is Omega's page and it will tell you the average margin of error on their thermocouples. As far as these P.I.D. controllers...
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    Pork help please (Kinda in progress so the sooner the better)

    It worked....it didn't quite fall apart but it did work. Thanks folks.
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    Pork help please (Kinda in progress so the sooner the better)

    Thanks for the quick replies folks.....IT should have been 2 hours deeper into the process but my flowerpot smoker (rigged for charcoal and pid controlled) due to mishandling underwent thermal shock.....so what higher temp for the oven do you recommend?
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    Pork help please (Kinda in progress so the sooner the better)

    So due to unusual circumstances I had to go pick up an ECB this morning to do my pulled pork (first boston butt), now this thing has been a pain in my rear. I started around 11 and its currently 5 here and it's been at the plateau phase for a while and this awful contraption refuses to hold a...
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