I got a Member's Mark 36" Pellet Smoker but it's missing a few parts one of which is the induction cooktop. I don't need the cooktop, but looking at the diagram in the manual, the control board is connected to the cooktop with a wire and then there is a power cord coming out of the cooktop that goes into 120V outlet.
Now, my question is, how can I power it up without the cooktop? Is the control board also 120V or lower voltage (I am assuming it should also be 120V because the manual shows 120V under "Pellet Grill")?
Another question, I am also missing the Heat Buffle, is this necessary? https://shop.fairgameus.com/products/heat-baffle-3
Edit: I figured it out. Removed the bottom plate and traced the wires, they are just like you said, green, white and black. I removed the whole cord and replaced it with a standard 3 prong cord I had lying around.
Now the only question is do I really need the Heat Buffle?
by newpain01
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Crazy they left stuff so much out, mine has everything but everything was in random boxes. Did you contact them about sending replacements?
According to that wiring diagram the controller is 120v and the picture of the connector you supplied is likely hot neutral ground so in theory it would just take figuring out what wire is what. Again from the diagram it appears that neutral would be the white wire and hot the black witch leaves the ground that is likely just screwed to the body if the smoker. So a it should be straight forward but I’d test with a ohm meter to be sure of what wire goes where before going hot.
Edit: once you double check the wires you can just chut the connector off and wire a plug on to the end to power the controller.
Based off that diagram, yes you can use a standard plug to bypass the induction burner. The easy way would be cutting off that 3 prong plug and contacting a standard plug to the newly exposed wires. If you do this you need to know which wires are your line, neutral, and ground wires and connect them accordingly. Best case they used black/white/green, in which case black is line(narrow spade on US plug), white is neutral(wider spade on US plug), and green is ground.
Otherwise you run the risk of shorting out your control board. I’m guessing that cable won’t be long enough to reach your wall so you’d have to use an extension cord to get to your wall.
The cleaner way may be to get a connector from whatever that 3 pin plug is to your standard plug type(McMaster offers a bunch of adapters, if you’re lucky they’ll have exactly what you need). I don’t know what plug type that is, you might have to reach out to the manufacturer to find out or maybe someone here knows.