Lionel 610-8057-200 Smoke Unit Install/Upgrade

Jim HarringtonOGR Forum Member

I would like to install a Lionel 610-8057-200 Smoke Unit in a Lionel E-6 with TMCC (6-18095) to replace the mechanical unit.

Connection for the resistor is straightforward (connect to the existing smoke unit power.)

My question(s) are for the fan. I plan to replace the cherry switch with a reed switch with magnets on a driver, as the actuation for the "chuff" and smoke is currently only one per revolution.

1. Is there an output pin on the motherboard that the fan should be connected to, or splice into one of the wires going to the tender for the RailSounds chuff?

2. I have seen suggestions to connect it directly to the switch. Wouldn't this cause the fan to run constantly if the locomotive stopped with the switch "closed"?

Thanks

-Jim

1/26/176:16 PM

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