First, let me say thank everyone for all the help they've ever gave me over the last ten years. Second, I wish I could make a long story short, but I can't. OK, my last post Frank Da Tank, September 2012. I've been overseas for a bit and only smoked a couple of times between coming home on leave. The last time I smoked was well over a year ago. The smoker worked great for the majority of the time, but still occasionally, super smoked and pellets were actually burning in the hoper. This is a 2005 FEC 100. So, I recently started thinking about selling it. I had convinced myself that I needed something else. Something like a MAK or a Memphis, I wanted to be able to do some grilling and smoking. However, today while reading somewhere on this forum, I saw where a guy says that he sold his FEC 100 to buy a Memphis and that it was the worst mistake he ever did. He said he wished he would have kept it and just got a good gas grill. This got me to thinking, maybe it is what I should do too.
So; fast forward to today. Today, I did a decent cleaning on the grill. I then fired it up. It stayed on for about 3 minuites and then cut off. I want to fix my smoker, I did tell someone I might sell it to them, but after cleaning it and hearing it fired up, it made me realize I LOVE THIS GRILL! So here are my questions oh great ones:
1. Where is the fuse located, I thing thats the cut off problem?
2. Can I replace my hopper and control unit with the new shiny one?
3. If not, can I replace my controller unit with the new one?
4. I came to the conclusion that it was a fuse because I switched cords and power outlets, but please let me know if there is another idea.
5. Even though I kind of wanted another smoker, I figure that there are only so many parts on this smoker, and whatever repair parts are they can't be more expensive than a MAK 2 or Memphis; right?
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