meatdreams
New member
Hey all,
Before posting, I did look through the FAQs and didn't really see anything that helped with my issue. This FAQ (https://www.traegergrills.com/support/grill-not-turning-on) described my problem generically, but none of the advice really helped.
Hoping you all might have some thoughts...
I live in Texas and if you live in Texas or have been keeping up with the news, you will know we got hit with a crazy winter storm. Texas doesn't know how to handle snow and we got a nice heaping of it. My Traeger sits on my covered patio and I don't really have to think much about it concerning the elements, but this time I really should have covered it up. Unfortunately, I realized that too late and it had snow on top of the unit, but more concerning is the snow that was around the digital controller. I had a feeling some of the circuitry might get messed up.
Sure enough, after things thawed out and our weather returned to normal, I tried to go out and start up the grill and it wouldn't turn on. I noticed that although the grill was off, I had forgotten to turn the rear switch off...so I'm guessing something shorted out. I actually had on hand a brand new digital controller that customer support had sent me a while back, but I didn't need it because the grill ended up working fine. So, I decided to try and replace the unit with the new one and hoped that would solve the problem. It didn't...
At this point, I'm wondering what other parts you all recommend I need to get replaced and how much do you think I'm looking at? Anyone else experience an issue like this?
What an expensive learning lesson this winter storm has been! Thank you in advance for any help you all can offer.
Before posting, I did look through the FAQs and didn't really see anything that helped with my issue. This FAQ (https://www.traegergrills.com/support/grill-not-turning-on) described my problem generically, but none of the advice really helped.
Hoping you all might have some thoughts...
I live in Texas and if you live in Texas or have been keeping up with the news, you will know we got hit with a crazy winter storm. Texas doesn't know how to handle snow and we got a nice heaping of it. My Traeger sits on my covered patio and I don't really have to think much about it concerning the elements, but this time I really should have covered it up. Unfortunately, I realized that too late and it had snow on top of the unit, but more concerning is the snow that was around the digital controller. I had a feeling some of the circuitry might get messed up.
Sure enough, after things thawed out and our weather returned to normal, I tried to go out and start up the grill and it wouldn't turn on. I noticed that although the grill was off, I had forgotten to turn the rear switch off...so I'm guessing something shorted out. I actually had on hand a brand new digital controller that customer support had sent me a while back, but I didn't need it because the grill ended up working fine. So, I decided to try and replace the unit with the new one and hoped that would solve the problem. It didn't...
At this point, I'm wondering what other parts you all recommend I need to get replaced and how much do you think I'm looking at? Anyone else experience an issue like this?
What an expensive learning lesson this winter storm has been! Thank you in advance for any help you all can offer.