I understand that Williams Steam Locomotives use sleuth smoke units, but is there an on/off switch on these engines enabling you to turn off the power to the sleuth unit?
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They have Seuth smoke units. There isn't a switch, but it's just plugged into a circuit board inside and is easy to disconnect if you don't want to use it.
SantaFe158 They have Seuth smoke units. There isn't a switch, but it's just plugged into a circuit board inside and is easy to disconnect if you don't want to use it.
Thanks SF. It was my understanding that these seuth smoke units if not kept wet with smoke fluid will burn out. Do you know if that is true?
Buckeye,
Yes, they will burn out if run dry. Been there, done that. They also have a tendency to clog and burn out if a smoke fluid that is either too thick or scented with certain ingredients is used due to the close tolerances inside the tube that contains the heating element. Stick with Williams fluid
On the Williams Berk that I had, the smoke unit was a 6V Seuthe unit that was connected to a circuit board with a 7805 regulator. There wasn't a switch, but the unit could be unplugged just as easily.
Thanks Jim. I bet if I changed it to TMCC by using ERR Cruise Commander and with the 16v-18v in the track, it would even burn out faster.
I just read a review of Williams by Bachmann new 10 wheeler that it has an off / on switch for the Seuthe smoke unit. Guess Williams realizes that not all folks want the smoke unit running 100% of the time.
Bill T.
16-18V wouldn't be a problem since the regulator would limit the voltage to 5V at the smoke unit anyway.
Since you are installing TMCC, I'd suggest ditching the Seuthe unit and installing a fan driven unit. If I had done that, I'd still have my Berk.
Great information! Thanks guys!! I have an email to Boxcar Bill asking about the fan driven smoke unit. He has a video on his website where a steamer is just pounding out the smoke, but I can not identify the manufacturer of the steamer. The video doesn't really give me an idea if he uses a switch to simulate the chug rate.
Buckeye
That is a Williams engine with a lionel smoke unit. No chuff on a turbine.
Bill
Hey Bill,
We have spoken before about the smoke units you sell, and if that is the kind of smoke unit without chuff, which one of the smoke units that you list would be for a steam engine with chuff? Thanks for the help.
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