MES Mod Madness Teaser Pics!!!

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UPDATE:   So after two sausage smokes, 2 pastrami loaf smokes, 1 pork butt, and a whole chicken smoke I feel like I have discovered and confirmed my HeaterMeter PID tunings!

My new 100 Amp On/Off breaker switch I used to replace the cheapo Chinese melting On/Off rocker switches has showed no issues and worked like a champ, so that issue has been ironed out!

The convection fan mod is still working strong and the flipping of the heating element has shown no issues, so those mods are still good to go.

I now feel good posting about any of the mods I have made individually so others can understand and apply the mods for themselves if they like.

This is been a fun adventure and was really a challenge to get the HeaterMeter PID tunings figured out as well as figure out some of the other uncommon mods and their quirks.

I hope I can get some posting about these mods this week :)

Steady HeaterMeter Smoker Temps (see the orange line for main smoker probe, and light green line for back up smoker probe):

 
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I just got a heater meter kit for fathers' day. I am wondering if anyone has tried to control the MES 40 bluetooth through the control panel connections? I would think there has to be a wire to an exiting relay.

I'd be really interested to see how you've configured heater meter to get good temp control.
 
 
I just got a heater meter kit for fathers' day. I am wondering if anyone has tried to control the MES 40 bluetooth through the control panel connections? I would think there has to be a wire to an exiting relay.

I'd be really interested to see how you've configured heater meter to get good temp control.
Hi there and welcome!

I kind of had that same idea as well early on but I passed on it because there were just too many unknowns with the electrical circuit board at the bottom of the MES.

In theory you can use a Multimeter to determine to which wires are running power vs the control signal to the solid state relay, you should also be able to tell if the current is 110v or 12V (HeaterMeter needs 12V and over 2Amps).  There may be also be resisters and other stuff in the mix on that board, I'm not sure. 

I simply rewired my MES to take the electricity from the plug and go to the heating element while still including the rollout safety switch in the mix.  

My HeaterMeter sends a control signal to a Solid State Relay (SSR) which allows power to run to my rewired MES chord.  The power to the MES heats up the element.  

There is a probe from the HeaterMeter that is inside the MES that measures temp.  The probe and the HeaterMeter will then turn on/off the control signal depending on the set temp and what the probe is reading.  The power is then cut off/on to the MES heating element.

That is it in a nutshell :)
 
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