smoke unit and voltage on track

You can some diodes in the engine,described and explained here.

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Dale H

Dale,

I know I have seen this link from you , on other occasions, ( I remember the chain)

idea.  Did not have a clue what you were talking about then,  BUT, DO NOW.  Thank

you.  You must have the patience of Job (biblical individual).  I will work on this during the rainy fall season, But, I wonder, there has to be, many people, with the same, issue, that dont fix, or  does the NEW, remote systems take care of this!

thanks

Terry;

Running under Command Control will indeed eliminate this issue since CC keeps 18VAC on the track at all times. So the Smoke unit is running very well with CC.

Dale gave you the good fix for conventional operation, which is still less expensive.

I agree with Russell,you do not have this problem in command. I assume you were running conventional by your description. I run only conventional and use the diode strings.

MTH engines in general smoke a lot better than Lionel ones,but some Lionel ones are OK. If you up the voltage in neutral and it smokes well, the diode fix should improve things. If you do it 4 or 5 pairs should work. 

Dale H

Yes, I am running conventional, (totally)  and you are both correct on the ,

MTH,  I have SD-70 ACE, MTH ALaska, Smokes like, a chain cigarette smoker.

thank you both!!