Digiq dx

 
Green For Sure wrote:

will it work in the rain?

Of course it will, the question is for how long.

Water and electronics... Even though they say water proof/resistant why take a chance. The points on the unit that have plugs are not water proof or resistant.

There have been some posts that folks have made some really nice modified rubber/plastic tubs to hold the DigiQ & Stoker units some have even gone to the extent of putting 90° PCV elbows for the wires to exit the tubs.

I have some bread bags around and use one of those when there is a chance of snow or rain coming down. The exit part of the bag is folded down under the controller so there will be no capillary action moisture moisture.

GG

Yeah, electronics and water don't play well together. Since it rains quite often in Virginia, I had to come up with a solution to cope with the conditions. I was inspired by some of those posts and this is what I came up with:

1. This is all the gear I use with my Stoker

What's significant here is the pair of 135° elbows with a very short piece of Schedule 40 PVC pipe stuck in one end (no glue necessary), the 4 rubber gaskets, and the two locking rings. Stick a gasket on the elbow, stick the elbow in the hole of the box (there's two holes, one on each side of the box), add another gasket, and the locking ring. Repeat for the other side.

I elected to use the 135° elbows because I couldn't easily get the probe jacks and the female end of the extention cord through a 90° ... and I did try. The 135° do a really good job of keeping the wet stuff out.

2. Here's the box with everything set up. There are two connections out the back of the Stocker (pit probe and fan) and two out the front (two meat probes). Beside it are the WIFI connector and on the other side, my thermopen.


3. With the lid on


4. Don't know how tolerant the fan might be soooo. Oh, and this will help protect the bottom vent/fan from strong winds as well.


5. Speaking of strong winds, just to make sure the lid doesn't fly away (it's not real secure), I use a custom device I spared no expence in obtaining


6. After the cook is finished, need to put things away. The two paper towels are to keep the smoke smell from enhancing the indoors (some people are a little sensitive to too much smoke). The box is just large enough to hold everything without being too large.

VERY impressive indeed! It rains a lot here in Ohio, too. I am going to have to make one of these...