Smoke Unit Upgrade Recommendation

Did you replace the original 30 ohm smoke unit resistor with a 22 ohm resistor? This upgrade assumes you have a 610-8027-100 fan driven smoke unit.

Oh oh, I didn't catch that I needed to change the resistor. I can do that.Al B

Mike doesn't talk about replacing it in the video, that's why.  The resistor swap is something several of the guys here on the forum like to do.  Just be careful as it will get hotter, and might hurt other things.

Thanks Sinclair. I thought I had missed something and I viewed the video again. I think I may leave it alone rather than risk too much heat and causing other problems. It is a $900 unit.
Maybe candidate for professional upgrade down the road . Will get chuff upgrade done at same time.
Al

That number is clearly wrong, the 28009 is a semi-scale Hudson!  I suspect what you have is the 28064 JLC UP Challenger

 

 

I routinely replace the 27 ohm stock resistor with a 20 ohm resistor, it really does help the smoke output.  Of course, I also usually am installing the Super-Chuffer as well.  I have the JLC Challenger sitting behind me waiting on it's Super-Chuffer install, it'll get the usual smoke tuneup in the process.  Part of most of the installations is the four chuff upgrade as well.