Check that...not really fixed.
Ran the engine a bit more today to confirm that things were definitely OK. Yes, it did smoke normally—but only for a few minutes; then the dreaded two blinks began again. Each time I reset, the interval between smoke and two blinks was shorter.
I’m at a loss. How can it smoke great—both volume and height—then need to shut off? Is it possible there’s not enough smoke fluid and the resistor is getting too hot because it doesn’t have enough fluid to draw off it’s heat? The area of the hood by the smoke unit does feel very warm. Could the smoke unit need more fluid even when the unit is producing good smoke?
How much fluid should actually be in the bowl? Should all the fluid be in the batting, or should there be some fluid sitting under the batting? When I put the smoke unit back together, I arranged the batting so that the resister pressed against it, but was not surrounded by it. Was that the right way to do it?
Other ideas?
