Decided to change the Charcoal filter on a 78 B.
I was sure that one had an element and one had charcoal. Turns out that both canisters are filled with charcoal.
Checked the price at Victoria British and was surprised to see that a pair would cost US $179.90 + 18 for shipping.
With the exchange rate & HST into Canada, that would have cost me $295.
Wasn't going to happen, so I decided to clean the charcoal instead.
Was looking on the net for a good way to clean it, but found nothing that looked like it would work well.
So this is what I did.
The video is a little choppy, but you'll get the idea.
Make sure that your barbecue hits around 600 degrees f for only about 2-3 minutes. Dial it back to about 200 degrees f and let it run for about 5-10 minutes.
You will notice some smoke at the high end and it WILL smell like exhaust. Hence the reason why I didn't use the kitchen stove. (Would have probably gotten shit for that:-)
Turn off the BBQ and let it cool down. I a few minutes, you end up with perfectly dry clean charcoal and is now ready to be used.
For the filters in the canisters (which appear to be there only to hold the charcoal in place) I cut some rounds to fit out of furnace filter and put it all back together.
You should silicone the base back in place to keep it all held together.
So my cost was about 1/2 hour of taking apart, cleaning and re-assembly. 1/2 hour of BBQ time & a total of $3.50 for the 4 filters.
If I was to do it again, I would have cleaned and BBQ'd the contents of both filters at the same time and not bother with the air.
During BBQ stage is a good time to clean the canisters and fit new hoses. They now look like they are new and work like new too!
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