I don't even understand such a flaw in a design that it is so vulnerable like that.
Pro 575 consistently goes over set temp
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I agree, the older units had a stainless steel probe but these newer units have "better", faster responding thermocouple probes, with basically no protection. Who does that?
I lifted the lid on 3 pre-assembled 575 rigs at Home Depot... 1 looked normal with this little gray tip on the probe, the second had the gray tip gone and just wires were hanging out and a bit bent, and the third had the whole rod BENT back from being hit, no tip and wires hanging out... THAT'S BEFORE EVEN BEING SOLD TO AN UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMER!!!
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Small wonder why they are out of stock.
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Good idea. Send picture when you can.
Should be kinda easy, there are 2 screws on either side so using those somehow wouldn't be hard...
but what kinda (I like using text words a lot just 'cuz') metal wrap wouldn't disturb the accuracy???
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Have you had a chance to grab a picture? Looking to make one myself which will go on my replacement thermocouple, if it ever arrives.
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Thats the “cage“. Not beautiful, but it works. Temps measured with a bluetooth Thermo are very close to the internal temp of the ironwood. So the accurancy is still good, we talk about differences of 5 degrees Celsius.
And the thermocouple is fully protected from being hit with the grate or the grease trap.
Please excuse my “german english“
If that was made wider... and you used strong magnets to attach it to the side wall, would that in anyway interfere in the probe... would a close by magnet mess with the temp???
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Magnets won't interfere with operation, but high heat kills magnets.
I didn't wanna touch or mess with anything around that probe but I will use the screws, I already got one made, just was thinkin of a diff way
Anyone know if a Fireboard probe works in Traeger??? They bmake 2 diff types, thought maybe a TECHIE would know if Traeger use one of those types
Would love the Ambient Probe from Fireboard to be my Traeger probe to get 2 Smoker readings... I got tons of probes for meat, if not I'll just use the probe it came with and mount it opposite the builtin one
Would love the Ambient Probe from Fireboard to be my Traeger probe to get 2 Smoker readings... I got tons of probes for meat, if not I'll just use the probe it came with and mount it opposite the builtin one
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Fireboard uses 100k ohm thermister and higher temp RTD probe options. Doubtful that they are a direct match with the Traeger. Believe that Traeger may use RTD type for the internal temp but not positive. In any case you would have to cut the metal cable and make up mating connectors for the grill. Even being a tech I would just leave the stock temperature system alone and use the Fireboard as a 2nd, independent. data source. Also, I believe that the Timberline's use a 3rd type "K-Type" thermocouple, higher temp capable and fast response but have a very different connector that is common only to K-Type.
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