Train America Studios SAW V1.5 Interface to MTH Smoke Unit Interface

DanVWOGR Forum Member

I need help wiring an MTH fan driven smoke unit to a Train America Studios SAW V1.5 DC board. The smoke unit is out of a PS2 Premier loco. The smoke unit has (2) wires on the resistor PCB and (2) wires on the fan motor. The smoke unit PCB doesn’t have any electronic components to regulate voltage to the fan motor. I believe the original PS2 board regulated the fan motor voltage to DC and reduced it to 3-5 volts. The SAW board has (3) pins for smoke unit (hot, ground, serial). It puts out AC track voltage.
My questions are:

•What will I have to do to connect this smoke unit to this SAW board?
•I have a TAS Turbo Smoke Unit. Will this be the easiest route to go? Space is not an issue although I believe the MTH unit will produce more smoke.

Any thoughts?

5/6/201:54 AM

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