Train america smoke unit

Short answer is no....   The tas units have a heat sensor that sits right next to the smoke resistor that shuts the heat off when it senses heat. you can  try bending it away slightly so the resistor gets hotter.

you should be able to tap the boiler cover plate off the front of the engine to reveal the unit and slide it out through the front if its a boiler type engine.

I didnt know that 3rd rail was still putting in TAS smoke units..TAS isnt in business...Thought 3rd rail was putting in lionels smoke units in there trains?

Clearly, they aren't putting them into current production, as there is no source for them.

A TAS smoke unit in an Atlas diesel.  Fan driven, the blue thing is the low fluid level sensing device.  Large black resistor is the heat source.  Keep in mind that the set up is designed to inhibit smoke resistor burn out. So if you move the temperature sensor too far away from the smoke resistor, you may be defeating it's purpose.

Yep, I have an engine for repair here with that unit.  However, you can't get them anymore, too bad.

I have a TAS smoke unit that stopped working. Tried to replace the resistor and that was not the issue. If someone knows how to fix these, let me know.

well TAS made three different smoke units..heres the pics of them..one for MTH proto sound 2....I got a box full of smoke units....the one unit came from a atlas with extra wires and some kind of resiter and a add on board..... photobucket....

Can you post some close up pictures?  It may be able to be repaired with a basic component.  G

GGG,

Sent you an email with the details. Was trying to take a few pictures but they came out with glare and cannot get a good close-up.