New fan, better smoke, better temps

Where did you get the 85 cfm fan?

I picked it up at radio shack. I did notice quite a difference in pellet burn also. the old fan I had empty pot after a 14 hourcook, no ashes nothing. New 85 cfm fan after 6.5 hours maybe about 1/2 to 1" in pot when done. Ill keep you posted on the next 12 hour cook

Doc

I wonder why my original 101cfm fan would not burn the pellets enough and would fill the pot to overflowing after about 5-6 hours? I am using the 140 cfm fan now and have little smoke, but way less unburned pellets.
Any ideas?

Hey Jim, I read a post where someone sealed all the airleaks around the fan and firepot, but in your case your getting enough air. My theory, based on my 20 years in the electronics field (computer hardware) When you order a large lot of anything electronic (like fans) they are mass produced and random sampling is done during production. Thus you may have 100 101cfm fans delivered and 10 or more may be way off spec. I was guessing that mine fell in this range. I dont recommend anyone tinkering with their electronics without gettig some feedback from Cookshack first I was just doing a fan experiment and it happened to solve my temp swing problem. My next experriment will be with the new 140 cfm fan is to make the speed adjustable hehe I have several fan speed kits for case fans. Ill be in touch!

Doc