Needle point smoke fluid dispensers

Right in the center. No reason to go too deep. Then sometime blow down the stack

 

Don't worry about going too deep and hurting something.  There hasn't been a smoke unit that I've opened that had anything but the wicking directly under the hole.

I go right down into the wick when possible. Got some needle point bottles on Ebay, 22 gauge needle is a good size. I bought 16 gauge... way to big, 26 gauge was way to small but works in a very conservatively

I will point out a Sponsor Sells the tool needed.

JT's MEgasteam sells dispensers with a needle and it's even got a 45° bend for the tough to get into places.

 

I have one, need more. It works well.

I bought 4 Megasteam needle dispensers; they work great.

You have to make sure you screw the cap on tight to avoid leakage.

My locos do not give me access to the wading BUT there is no mess when squeezing the dispenser slightly to get a drop to come out.

I think the drops that come out are a bit smaller than those that come out of an eye dropper or Lionel pipette so you have to judge how many drops you need.

My 2 cents.

RickM46

I have 1 of JTs small bottles as well, but the needle is too short for many of my engines.... if you want to get the fluid down into the wick.

BEWARE of going too deep with a needlepoint when power is applied to the track and/or smoke unit. Damage to the unit can occur! Many smoke units have resistors which are very easy to contact with a needlepoint. I shorted out the smoke unit on a Legacy Blue Comet by touching the smoke resistor with a needlepoint while power was applied.

After watching Mike Reagan's video on smoke units, I always turn them off before adding fluid now. I had too many times crystallized the fluid by dropping it right onto the hot resistor. I was doing a couple things wrong before that video which had caused various issues in the performance of my smoke units. Now I cant run then full time on max smoke as my eyes burn from all the output.

Well IMHO I don't like needle smoke fluid dispensers because I can't tell how much fluid I am putting in.I add drops after I run trains.It slakes in good during down time.Just my 2 cent's.Nick

I find the needle point dispensers work best on Diesels which all seem to have a grating on top. As for Steamers the hole is wide enough for the eye droppers