I have the Halloween version. I had great smoke output from the tender and main stacks. However last night I again added a few more drops of smoke fluid to both stacks. Now I’m not getting much smoke from the actual tender stack, but instead the smoke just comes out of the the actual tender! Specifically I see smoke coming from the coal area (under the piece covering the engine switches) and from under the tender wheels. Not gonna lie, the effect looks absolutely fantastic! But is there an issue? It wasn’t doing this before. Did something break inside?
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I have the Triplex as well, same issue, the stack (tube) is getting clogged. Try blowing air down the tube. That got mine going again.
scott Kelly
I started keeping a can of air duster around for this. I'm not sure what the mechanics of the problem are but it just seems like certain smoke units are more prone to this than others. I think @rscott is right. The smoke fluid blocks the actual smoke. A quick puff of air should fix it. I wonder if fluffing the batting in the smoke unit would help.
Thanks guys will try what you suggested 👍🏼
I would suggest replacing the smoke wick and filling with 20 drops or less and wait a few minutes while the smoke wick get saturated, then only add smoke fluid when the smoke slows down but do not over fill smoke unit, it should then work perfectly, your batting could be black and crusty which would mean your wick has been cooked!
Alan