ogaugeguy posted:Hi Pete,
Could you give detailed How To instructions for adding smoke units? (photos would be appreciated too.)
- what smoke units are used, manufacturer, model number, etc.
- where are they added (in the stack extension, etc.)
- how are they mounted
- how is hot smoke unit insulated from building and stack
- is there plastic tubing going from smoke unit fill opening to top of smokestack to make filling easy and keep it off inside of stacks
- Thanks.
Appreciate the interest...it was a fun project. Just a note....I used two Lionel fan driven smoke units which I wired the fan motor and the heating elements separately to two switches......The heating element is wired to track power with a momentary switch and the fan is wired to 12 volts and turned on by a SPST switch. I did this so I could control the amount of smoke coming out of the stacks. I leave the fans running and push the momentary switch when ever I want to send some smoke out the stacks. This serves two purposes....it keeps my layout from being smoked out and the fan cools off the heating element resistor so it does not burn out over time. This method has served me well for the past couple of months. I used the same method with the burned out engine house by Menards..... Here are some pics of both modifications.....
-Pete
