Chuck K posted:GGG posted:No. What is the recommendation of the decoder manufacture for smoke unit rating? WHat voltage does it send to smoke unit? MTH single smoke element resistors are 8ohm. You need to change it up to a 16 ohm or maybe even more 22-27ohm depending on what the decoder does. G
Thanks. I have posed these questions to TCS, and I'll see what they say. Their documentation had none of these answers so I knew I was flying a bit blind when I tried the AA2100002 with it, especially since MTH provides no documentation on this unit. But I thought it would be safe to set the decoder at the lowest voltage setting. If I do need to use a higher resistance heating element to fit in this unit, is that something MTH sells?
MTH unit are know to the tech because they you basically the same set up for all PS-2 and 3. Large are 2 16 ohms in parallel for effective 8ohms. Single small unit use single 8 ohm. HO has some variations but much the same. So as John said you go to digi-key. Just make sure you have the element length/dia about right to fit without grounding to side of case. G
