et2041
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- RT-680
2 weeks ago I brought my RT700 out of hibernation from this past winter. I'm in Wisconsin and it was on the deck, covered, all winter after being winterized (Pellets removed, vacuumed, cleaned up). I wanted to smoke a rack of baby backs and soon learned that my blower fan was not working. I contacted support, they asked me to spin it a couple times but this did nothing. Those blades would not spin. It seemed as though something was sticking in the motor. RecTec sent me a new fan. It arrived 4 days later and I removed the old (Guys if you have to do this make certain you put a blanket down....I did not and lost a freaking screw. They do not send ANY screws with the fan and I had to shop for a replacement...which I had to use a substitute after not finding any). So, I replaced the fan unit ....no instructions...just trial and error on positioning and today began smoking the next batch of ribs. Apparently, when you replace the fan, something messed with the auger feed which I later found out was set at 225 not the factory 65. This caused the smoker to have "runaway" heat and head north of 300. After some troubleshooting, I set it back at the factory settings and it is now all is good. Just a heads up...has anyone else sustained a blower fan failure ? My Bull is 1 year old to the month.