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Smokeware cap gasket

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snoqualmiesmoker
snoqualmiesmoker Posts: 265
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I installed the gasket when I built my egg, but got a smokeware cap today. It also came with a gasket. Was I supposed to install this gasket as well?  Seemed redundant. Ideas?

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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited June 2015
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    Yes.  

    When the "Eggware Cap" first dropped, we nuked an egg and the standard felt melted when we returned.  Not long after, they changed from the standard felt to Nomex.  Meanwhile, I took some leftover Rutland and Permatex, installed the gasket on the inside collar instead of the egg surface.  It is a permanent fixture.  For high temps, I remove the cap.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Just use the standard till it goes south, then install the SW gasket. 
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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
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    @snoqualmiesmoker said:
    I installed the gasket when I built my egg, but got a smokeware cap today. It also came with a gasket. Was I supposed to install this gasket as well?  Seemed redundant. Ideas?
    The Smokeware cap comes with a small gasket that you install around the top vent to better seal the new cap.  The instructions that come with the cap should mention this.
    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
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  • snoqualmiesmoker
    snoqualmiesmoker Posts: 265
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    Cool Thanks!

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,893
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    snoqualmiesmoker said:
    Cool Thanks!
    Suit yourself, but once you do decide to revert to the gasket supplied by SmokeWare I suggest putting it inside the male piece of the SmokeWare rather than on the BGE dome. That way when I do a high temperature burn out then the gasket is out of harms way.

    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
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    @RRP, that is a good idea. I had put mine on the dome because the instructions said to do that.  I don't think I can remove the gasket, without damage to it, and re-install it on the cap.  Someday, I'll get a new gasket and install it on the cap.
    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
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  • snoqualmiesmoker
    snoqualmiesmoker Posts: 265
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    Ah, ok.  My new egg has gasket that is supposed to go around the top part of the egg.  So this is supposed to do the same thing.  i get it now.  


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