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Will a cover stop my large bge from freezing?

eggnewtoy
eggnewtoy Posts: 497
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Hi:  came home to a frozen large bge.  Live in Chicago area.  Can the egg be ugraded to rutledge gasket in the winter?  And will a cover stop the bge from freezing?  Thx
BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    eggnewtoy said:
    Hi:  came home to a frozen large bge.  Live in Chicago area.  Can the egg be ugraded to rutledge gasket in the winter?  And will a cover stop the bge from freezing?  Thx
    A cover cures most of that, but it is possible to have it freeze when you get a huge build up of gunk on the gasket. It takes a lot of cooking to get there. @RRP is the Rutland man. 
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  • A5firearms
    A5firearms Posts: 163
    Don't see why you couldn't do a Rutland upgrade in the winter. Contact @RRP
    Lake Keowee, SC
    XLarge, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Custom Table, KAB, Woo2, Guru DigiQ DX2,
    Family of 5 Meat Eaters
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455

    Permatex in the cold:

    I posed the curing question to the manufacturer of Permatex Ultra Copper and their technical reply was that yes you can apply it at temperatures between 20 and 30F though the ideal temperature is between 50 and 80F. Silicones such as Permatex are moisture cured so temperatures above and below these ranges remove that element. Curing occurs in 24 hours. If you are able to warm surfaces to at least the 40 to 50F range that will help for better bonding across the surfaces.

    OTOH just building a fire in your egg to try to speed the curing up does NOT help - it needs the 24 hours  to cure.

    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • eggnewtoy
    eggnewtoy Posts: 497
    Thanks.  Will try cover this year, do the Rutland upgrade when the weather permits.  Top did come free today so heating up now.  
    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    eggnewtoy said:
    Thanks.  Will try cover this year, do the Rutland upgrade when the weather permits.  Top did come free today so heating up now.  
    You can start the lump from the lower vent if you get in this bind again. Either with a torch or lighter cube. Then when it heats up, the seal will open. The cover will take care of 95+% of the issue. 
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    edited November 2015
    I installed my Rutland/UltraCopper in cold weather, but was able to roll my large into my laundry room so it warmed up nicely.

    If you can't do that, just put some foil on the gasket before you close the dome. Kind of a pain, but ok til a permanent fix.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Shurdaddy
    Shurdaddy Posts: 25
    Mine will freeze up even with a cover in SE Minnesota. I now put a golf tee on each side of the egg to keep it open a crack after it cools. 
    Lewiston, MN  LBGE
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,797
    As above, the cover does not do much for temperature-if you want to make sure it will open the next time, place aluminum foil between the base and dome seating surfaces.  Works every time.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • jhl192
    jhl192 Posts: 1,006
    The Rutland will work but it is a significant effort to install,  actually to remove the old tsp gaskets.  In the mean time I would use a cover and a 3/4 inch stick covered in wax paper wedged between the two halves of the egg.    This way it won't freeze shut and it won't get wet.  Then put the Rutland on in the spring.  
    XL BGE; Medium BGE; L BGE 
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  • eggnewtoy
    eggnewtoy Posts: 497
    lousubcap said:
    As above, the cover does not do much for temperature-if you want to make sure it will open the next time, place aluminum foil between the base and dome seating surfaces.  Works every time.  

    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • eggnewtoy
    eggnewtoy Posts: 497
    Just did the foil thing and it makes the most sense.  Thx again.
    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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