Reply to "Burned out K-Line caboose smoke unit"

I have one of these Cabooses, I keep it turned off. Someday I will get around to modifying it so the roof does not melt (anymore).

This topic has been discussed off and on for over ten years here on the forum. Some have suggested increasing the value of the resister in the smoke unit or adding a resister between the pickup rollers and the smoke unit. The latter seems to be the preferred method.

I recently had to add a 25 ohm resister in series with the interior lighting in my K-Line heavy weight pass cars to run them on an 18V track.