Will an ZW operate the TMCC smoke unit in conventional mode?
Would a Z1000 operate the TMCC smoke unit in conventional?
How much power is required to operate a TMCC smoke unit?
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I'm trying to remember what resistance the smoke unit element is, and seem to remember it being something like 27 ohms. I'm not certain that full track power is run across the resistor here, but even if it is the heating resistor would only draw about 2/3 of an amp.
So, in terms of transformer load, at 18 VAC, you're looking at like 12 watts of consumption. in the end, a CW40 is enough to run a single tmcc engine with smoke under normal conditions. Anything past a starter set transformer is more than enough.
JGL
Standard TMCC smoke unit has a 27 ohm resistor, the ZW or Z1000 should work it fine. You don't really want to run them at 18VAC, they will pretty quickly go through the resistor and the wick! The TMCC engines run them with a half/wave track voltage so you get a lot less than track power. When you "boost" by holding the 9 key, it gets full track power, that's why you only do that for a brief time to heat things up. Running them continuously on more than about 12V will be excessive. The 5+ watts at 12V will yield plenty of smoke if the smoke unit is working correctly.
Ah, so under normal running you're looking at 1/3 amp draw... 6 watts of load. Pretty much the same load the lightbulbs in an 022 switch controller take. then 12 watts when boost is held down?
JGL
Sounds right. 
