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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, December 1, 2007 5:15 PM
 USNRol wrote:

Sometimes running in conventional will never put enough volts on the track to really get the smoke going...Try parking in neutral with 18 volts and see if it smokes then.

Roland

Also weight your cars to make it take more volts to pull the load.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Saturday, December 1, 2007 3:21 PM

You are welcome.  I use the pink insulation for my wadding replacements, too.  Thumbs Up [tup]

Many of us will swear by JT Smoke Fluid.  I have been using it in my locomotives and it really works. http://www.megasteam.com/page2.html 

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Posted by jmkk on Saturday, December 1, 2007 2:55 PM

 Buckeye,

  Thank you for the link . I followed his instructions. The only thing I did change was to use pink fiberglass for the wadding ( I remember the Cheif saying it worked real good) . I used an element that was for a Polar Express to replace the stock element. Fan was rotating the wrong way also. Now it smokes like a champ. Thank for the helpSmile [:)]

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Posted by USNRol on Saturday, December 1, 2007 2:30 PM

Sometimes running in conventional will never put enough volts on the track to really get the smoke going...Try parking in neutral with 18 volts and see if it smokes then.

Roland

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Friday, November 30, 2007 5:26 PM
 jmkk wrote:

2 questions. Which way should it rotate? Clockwise for Lionel   http://norm.beesky.com/smoke.html

How hot should the element get? It gets too hot to touch.

Also should note original wadding had no burnmarks and smoke switch was off so I dont think it was ever used. If it had been used you would see some burnmarks.

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Lionel smoke unit
Posted by jmkk on Friday, November 30, 2007 3:57 PM

2 questions. Which way should it rotate? How hot should the element get? I bought a new engine, new to me. It wont smoke. element get hot enough that if I touched it for a prolonged time it would probally burn me. Engine has command control but till christmas I will be running conv.Also should note original wadding had no burnmarks and smoke switch was off so I dont think it was ever used.

 

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