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Smoke driven fan unit in a structure
Posted by RRaddict on Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:09 PM

Does anyone know if it's possible to put a MTH or Lionel fan driven smoke unit into structures or in other places on a layout?

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Posted by ADCX Rob on Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:15 PM

It is.

But you may not want the fan working too hard for stationary applications.

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Posted by John MS on Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:59 PM

yes you can, works well for industrial chimneys, but I like the non fan type for building fires, house chimneys etc

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Posted by RRaddict on Monday, March 19, 2012 11:33 AM

What type of smoke unit is not fan driven? I can only think of the piston driven smoke units in which you would need something to drive the piston.

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Posted by ADCX Rob on Monday, March 19, 2012 1:42 PM

A Seuthe smoke unit has no moving parts.  Also, Lionel & MTH etc. caboose smoke units are not fan driven.

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Posted by laz 57 on Monday, March 19, 2012 4:07 PM

K-Line also had non driven fan smoke units in there buildings.

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Posted by KRM on Monday, March 19, 2012 7:53 PM

laz 57

K-Line also had non driven fan smoke units in there buildings.

laz57

Hey LAZ. I have a K-line sawmill and it smokes nice, I never thought it had a fan but when I looked in it it looks like a lionel fan driven smoke unit because it has the fan motor but it does not spin Is it broken like my K-line Plymouth switcher Bob is working on???
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Posted by laz 57 on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:29 AM

KEV,

  Thanks for info.  I had the farm house and only had a smoke burner with no fan in it.  Worked ok til it didn't.

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Posted by RRaddict on Friday, March 23, 2012 10:23 AM

Does anyone have an idea of what the best fan driven smoke unit is to use for these applications.

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Posted by KRM on Friday, March 23, 2012 3:55 PM

 

Kevin,

You could try a K-line 610-8989-200 for a Plymouth Switcher from Brasseur Trains $32.00

Or a Lionel 610-8057-200 that looks to be the same as in my sawmill.

 

 

http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/ReplacementParts/index.cfm?doAction=productPartFilter&number=610-8057-200&productID=1067947c-6b7a-424a-a2d3-705c23d6c233

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