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BLI Hudson Smoke Issues - HELP!

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BLI Hudson Smoke Issues - HELP!
Posted by corbs09 on Monday, July 1, 2013 9:06 PM

I bought a BLI Hudson in HO Scale, new in box from an internet retailer. I received it today and everything worked great! After running it for about 5 minutes tonight the smoke stopped "puffing". I can see it built up in the stack, and it just lingers around a bit, but the fan may have stopped working? Loose wire? Anybody else have this issue? Also does anyone know how to open up the Loco? If it's just a loose wire I can take care of it. But I can't know until I get a look inside. Thanks!

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Posted by Lake on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 5:18 PM

Did you add more liquid smoke fluid?

Ken G Price   My N-Scale Layout

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Posted by cacole on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 5:28 PM

Are you using DC or DCC?  I believe there's a DCC function that turns it on and off, so perhaps you accidentally turned it off with your controller.

Read the instructions that came with the locomotive and see if there's a command to turn the smoke on and off.

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Posted by dominic c on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 6:27 PM

If you see smoke in the funnel but it doesn't puff, it could be the sensor controlling the smoke unit.. It might need a new one. BLI usually rushes service for warranty work especially when just purchased.

JC

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Posted by Cooped on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 7:08 PM
Before you send it back, try giving a sharp hard blow into the funnel. Sometimes fluid can block the output, a quick hard blow into the funnel should fix it if that is the problem.

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