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Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, January 11, 2014 6:41 PM

Well, you know why the British drink warm beer, don't you?

Lucas refridgerators.

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, January 11, 2014 4:41 PM

Redore

Wires are packed at the factory with magic smoke, sort of like steam in a pipe.  It's what makes this electricity stuff work.  You let the smoke out and the wires quit working. Smile

That is Lucas electricity!  Come from year of playing with English Sports Cars!

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Posted by Deggesty on Friday, January 10, 2014 12:10 PM

The best course is to send it out for repair. From time to time, when I was working in the semiconductor manufacturing industry, a maintenance tech would bring a pcb to Stores, to be sent out for repair, with the note: "All of the smoke has been let out." I would send it, and it would come back with a fresh supply of smoke in it.

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:43 AM

   That's the hard part in making repairs:  putting the smoke back in.

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Posted by Redore on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:16 PM

Wires are packed at the factory with magic smoke, sort of like steam in a pipe.  It's what makes this electricity stuff work.  You let the smoke out and the wires quit working. Smile

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 4:34 PM

emitting smoke - they must be old Alco's!

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Posted by NorthWest on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 9:55 PM

I think this is about models. If so, try posting it here, in the Model Railroader forum: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88.aspx

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Engine Troubleshooting
Posted by Tubazachd on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 8:39 PM

I recently picked up some extra engines that were used and I am currently having problems with them. Some of them run very rough and emit a smoke smell, the others don'r run at all; however, the light comes on when I set them on the tracks. I was hoping to get some ideas as to what is wrong with them, and possibly how to fix the problems

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