Sgaugian posted:Craig - thanks. How recently did you buy the smoke kit from Port Lines? This kit is labeled X13B445-B 16ohm.
Dave,
Let me make a correction to my earlier post. It's been a while since I did my Franklin repair so I went back and took look at the notes I made at the time. At my age (68) I guess I shouldn't rely on my memory! The 19+OHM reading was from one of the Lionel Docksider units I purchased, not the Franklin kit. I still have an unopened Franklin kit so I checked it found that it measured 27 OHM. My Franklin kits are labeled X13B445-A. I had contacted Doug Peck months ago when I heard about the new kit that he would be offering. At that time he was still waiting for the kits. While I was waiting for the kits to become available, I was poking around on eBay and saw that Dale Radloff at "Little Steamers" offered what looked like the same kit. Doug's site still didn't list the kit so I ordered a couple from Dale.
Perhaps that's the difference between your kit and mine. Nothing in the packaging indicates the OHM value. I see that Dale occasionally lists the smoke kits on eBay, but I don't see any at this time. I've purchased other items from him and he seems like a reliable guy. His card lists his contact as :
steamers@neitel.net
I'm sorry for my earlier errant post and any confusion it may have caused. Now I'm wondering why there seems to be a 16 OHM kit and a 27 OHM kit. Perhaps Doug or Dale can give us a clue, as the products seem to come from the same source.
Respectfully,
Craig Donath
