smoke whistle question for AT&SF 3751

the whistle steam unit takes just a small amount of fluid, up to where the eye dropper (mega-steam) starts to get large.  at least this is the way with my 3751 that I have had for a year. the whistle steam takes a little while to warm up as it is a separate unit. I do not turn mine off before adding fluid.

In my opinion you filled the whistle steam way to much. I only put 8 drops at a time in mine.

 

Thanks, Alex

Well go figure I did as manual says and apparently only needs 8 drops not 20 for steam whistle!
thanks for the information have had it powered down for an hr will try again.

$oo

Alex Malliae,
Thank you for the help can you tell me why after an hr and I power it up that the steam whistle blows smoke hot and heavy yet after a fill it won't other than my most likely over filling it?
Other poster says takes awhile for it to warm up yet just now works instantly had smoke in less than 10 seconds.
As a FYI I have a hair dye bottle and discovered its perfect for removal of fluid residue in openings of smoke units sure beats an oily mouth.

$oo

Hi $oo the only thing I can say about what you are asking, if I'm understanding what you're saying. The whistle steam was overfilled from the beginning so it will take quite a long time for it to work properly. Try not to add more than 5 drops each time, for now and see what happens.

 

Thanks, Alex

I will try the 5 drops max and see how it does thanks for the help, Alex

 

$oo

I have two Northerns also.

The whistle steam does NOT like a lot of fluid. Put in 5 drops and see what happens.

20 drops and you will have trouble.

 

Scrapee

I just did the same thing to my Vision Hudson. I got smoke fluid happy for some reason. And I knew better.
I guess that's what happens when your stuff only comes out once a year. Lol!!

Mike R

If you watch the product video that Mike Reagan did, he shows you exactly how much fluid to put in the whistle smoke, and it's not very much. He does a product video on YoutTube for just about everything Lionel puts out these days.

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itvzq_7GnnU

 

If it works great when you power it up after sitting for awhile, it whill take awhile to burn off all that fluid, especially if you have over filled it.

okay I watched the video and he put in 5 drops as I was curious so made a mark on pipette filled it and counted the drops amazing.

 

guess he needs to have that page rewritten as it states 20 drops so most would assume for both smoke units and then wonder why it doesn't work true.

 

but at least I have the help here on the forum to educate myself and others as to the correct way to fill it and be trouble free of this issue.

 

now another question in regards to the smoke whistle if it runs out of fluid or you don't use the feature enough and the unit runs out of fluid will it burn up or is it strictly an on demand feature rest of time is not still heating I figure I might as well ask before I have that issue as a switch in off sure beats a repair bill true.

 

thanks for all the help and hope someone has a answer for this new question.

 

$oo