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@stan2004 posted:

If you are willing to DIY, consider ultrasonic misting "technology" popularized by Aromatherapy essential oil diffusers.  There are thousands of different models out there starting around $10.   Here's a short video showing one in action.  A nice feature of the retail diffuser units is they shut off when the liquid runs out; too bad our trains don't have this feature!



In an earlier OGR thread I show the misting transducer at the heart of these widgets.  There is NO heater to melt the walls of a plastic structure.  The transducer is generating a mist, not steam!   If you're willing to work at this level of DIY, the electronics and transducer are maybe $5.   



It's kind of neat how such a thin transducer can blast a stream of mist with enough momentum to climb a tube (e.g., chimney, smokestack).  No need for a fan motor as used in many train smoke units.

Now let's see you generate chuffing smoke in the space allocated for the traditional smoke unit in a locomotive and we can talk.

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