Liquid Smoke Unit Voltages

[Anonymous]

I am wiring up a model of the Delta Queen on my layout. I installed a liquid smoke unite resistor and wick (theLionel conversion) in a metal stack I made. I have a KW transformer. What voltage should I tap this to? Also, the unit is about 1" below the stack top. I just want the smoke to drift out-the boat will be anchored at a stop-any other ideas to get the right effect?
Thanks
Tom

[wrmcclellan]

northern - is this a smoke unit form a piston driven unit or from a fan driven unit?

If it is the older piston type, you will need about 14 volts AC, but with no air plow across the resistor, you can easily burn up the resistor, so take it easy.

A better unit to use for this application would be a Suethe unit which is typically carried by hobby shops selling scale and model trains. The Suethe unit requires certain light mineral oil fluids (do not use Lionel, MTH, or JT's mineral oil fluids as they are too thick) but does not require any air flow.

Regards,
Roy

[ChiefEagles]

About 13 to 15 volts. Depends on the volume you want. I "smoked" a dummy Dash 8 with a Lionel somke unit. Since i'm running 18V in command, I did not want to burn up the unit. I built bridge rectifiers [installed in the shell] to reduce the voltage. I hit about 15 volts to really smoke good. 13V was a slight some. Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info guys! The unit is from a piston engine. It is the Lionel conversion with the wick and resistor that you solder to the frame and e unit. Is a seuth unit expensive?

[wrmcclellan]

Seuthe units run about $20 list price.

[Anonymous]

Reading this gives me a thought. is it possible to take a smoke unit and use it say inside a building so smoke would flow out the chimney? Anyone done this? What would I need to accomplishe such an idea?

[wrmcclellan]

Seuthe

[Anonymous]

what is a Suethe and is there a website I can go to that shows them?