Another Cover Question

I make a cap out of tin foil and put a rubber band around it to keep unwanted guest out of the cooker and when I get ready to cook I put the cap in my pellet bin so I will have it when I get done cooking .

Thanks KP.

Another question for the group. Was thinking of making something for the bottom of the auger where the electronics are, in case rain splashing was heavy. Thoughts on this one? My thoughts were some flashing with a hole for the power cord and then either bungees or a stand to keep it tight against the bottom. Possibly add some foam on the inside to further seal it off. Is this overkill?

Yes, this is for when the unit is stored and not running.

I ran for years up and down the hiway with an fe100 on the rear bumper of my motorhome. All I did was run it empty on pellets and throw the cover on it. I think your leaning towards over kill here.

overkill, sorta like pushing the "post reply" button twice? ;-)

I'd just be happy to have a cover!

Mine JUST arrived. VERY nice cover. Almost hate to USE it. Get it dirty, don'tchya know.

K

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Originally posted by evets:
[qb] Thanks KP.

Another question for the group. Was thinking of making something for the bottom of the auger where the electronics are, in case rain splashing was heavy. Thoughts on this one? My thoughts were some flashing with a hole for the power cord and then either bungees or a stand to keep it tight against the bottom. Possibly add some foam on the inside to further seal it off. Is this overkill?

Yes, this is for when the unit is stored and not running. [/qb]

Just some words that I think Eddy will clerify for us. I used my FE last weekend along with a Traeger 075 and my large stick burner to cook two large hogs (butchered and cut up in 4-8 lb chuncks) for a benefit dinner for a local girl that was in a bad car accident. Anyway, we had some heavy rain Saturday morning so we put trash bags over the hopper units to help keep the rain out. We were having trouble keeping the temps up on the pellet burners. I think what was happening was the Augers (underneath) could not get sufficient air to run properly with the trash bags covering the auger units. Could I have caused any damage to my unit doing this? Seems to work fine now... Toad Hollar

The lack of air for the burnner would reduce the amount of BTU's it would put out. You probably had alot more ash also due to the lack of combustion. I don't belive there would be any damage just lack of efficiency.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that an electrically powered motor needs "sufficient air" to run properly? If I put an electric clock inside a plastic bag is it going to run slower? You guys have me confooozled!

Kerry, it is not the motor that needs the "sufficient air" it is the wood pellets burning that need the air. The electric motor feeds the pellets into the pot to burn. Insufficient air will cause the pellets to not burn as hot or clean.

Lack of air can cause a motor to overheat but if i understand correctly the drive motor only runs a few seconds at a time. So that should not be any problem.

Just received my cover for the FE. I was impressed with the quality. Just want to say "Thank you"

Thank You F/E & Cookshack. I also recieved my cover today & it looks very well made.

Thanks

Earl

There is a draft fan and ductwork that blows air through those little holes in the firepot. Restricting airflow to that would be the problem.