K Line Semi-Scale Hudson help

K-Line cruise is similar but not the same as Lionel's. They are not interchangeable. You loose the constant speed ability when running in conventional.

The resistor in the smoke unit is optimized for command (18-20 volts AC). Current command engines have a voltage regulator so you get full output at around 6-8 volts on the track. You could put a lower value resistor in there (8-9 ohms) and then build a regulator that would output no more than 7-9 volts but I don't think there is an off the self board that will do that directly without modification. Depending on your electronic knowledge it could be done though.

Pete

Mike, 

I think it is similar. According to the manual for mine, in conventional operation the cruise feature can be disabled by moving the Cruise On/Off switch to off. There is no way to set speed steps.

If you are using TMCC, you can set the speed steps from 32 to 128 to 256 using DIR, BELL, AUX 1, 2, or 3 respectively.

DaveP,

Is that Aux 1 and then 1 for 32 and Aux 1 and then 2 for 128 etc.  It dosen't seem to work for me.

Doug

Hi ,

Thanks for the replies everyone. I only run conventional so the cruise thing is a non starter.

As to the smoke output - as I see it I have 2 choices, have another go with the wicking and/or change the element to one that gets hotter in the power range I use running conventional.

CHEERS MIKE

Mike,

 You might want to measure the value of the resistor. 27 ohm wire wound resistors get wired directly to the track. If yours is within a few ohms of this you could try wiring the smoke unit either directly to the track or through another switch. Right now its wired to the R2LC (radio board) and may not see maximum track voltage even in conventional.

Pete

Thanks Norton - thats a good point.

CHEERS MIKE

K-Line cruise was an unauthorized knock off of the first version of Lionel Odyssey. This action was part of the huge K-Line/Lionel lawsuit  that eventually brought K-Line down. K-Line hired the same guy who designed the original Lionel odyssey to design K-Line cruise "after hours," so to speak.

Eventually the cops seized his computer and his "work."

While the original Lionel Odyssey was jerky, the K-Line cruise was the worst in the business. The rest of the K-Line model is fine, but the cruise... not so much.