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Bill, I tried cleaning off the element. The wire was broke. I ordered a few elements from Lionel. I have a few old Flyer replacement kits that I can get the batting from. I bought these smoke element kits with the #40 nichrome wire  wrapped around the batting years ago. I have been using them a lot on my old A.F. engines.

Thanks, Ernie     

Well done.  Glad it's back on track and working again.  That one was really fried.  All of that type of smoke unit (element pushed into a batting/wadding with no wrap around) are prone to eventually losing contact with the batting.  That one though is really burned.  Plus the fact that apparently the nichrome wrapped around the element's core snapped.  Did you happen to measure how much power the element is getting?   I hope it lasts as long as possible, but if it fails again prematurely, you might want to check that.  Great photos.  Thanks for posting.

No, I didn't measure how much power the element was getting. I did adjust the voltage on the Track Power Controller back to 14 volts instead the normal 18 volts to help from burning out the smoke unit too early. I guess that didn't really help to much. I will see how long this element and batting will last this time. I made a note when I installed the new element and batting.

Thanks for your concern ,  Ernie

 

Craig,

If you would please, when the smoke unit is disconnected, but the element is still in the smoke unit, try seeing if there's continuity across the poles.  If not, maybe the coil wire on yours also snapped.  If there is, see what the resistance is for comparison to a new unit.  Then if you would, measure the power getting delivered before you install the new element.  I wonder if these engines are developing a smoke unit voltage regulator problem, or if the usual wadding burn-down is all that's going on.  Thanks.

Dave

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