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So the results are clear. The design that worked best was Bills suggestion to run a coil in the smoke box. I ran a line from the cab into the smoke box and made a wide coil around the outside of the blower about 5 times. I built a small tank to hold the fog juice(I ended up using parafin lamp oil no...

Awesome thank you

Dave

Can you post a drawing of what exactly you did in the smoke box with the stack?

So I did some testing. I ran the blower line to a fog juice reservoir like an oiler. The hot steam goes in mixes and is j traduced into the blower line. … it sorta worked. Found out: 1) the temp from the steam off the blower line is perfect temp to make it fog. Not too hot not too cold 2)it will wor...

Bill Shields wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:49 pm It this loco a coal burner or propane?

Propane

Can you inject the smoke fluid into the stack blower to get the effects you seek? Then is becomes controllable with the blower valve. RussN This might be a good idea. I could put a tee off the nipple on the turret with a check valve for the fog juice to be introduced in the steam stream. What is th...

I like John's idea of running the engine on air. That's certainly worth a try. Yeah I didn’t think about that and convert my propane box car with a smoke machine and compressor. I will have to see how much converting there would be. As this is my locomotive that I use a lot. This smoke quest in on ...

try feeding fog juice via a copper pipe though the firebox into the flues and into the smokebox where it can sit open ended. Low cost and worth a quick test. copper, tubing, syringe or even just a cap on the copper and let the vaporization handle it. As long as it is under 550 degrees it should wor...

Dave Your experience was similar to mine although I have not had problems with my. Burners or heat loss from the blower as much. Tens stayed consistent when moving as I show above in the various thermal images noted stopped or moving . Can you post a drawing of your stack design and blower arrangeme...

It’s moving so it needs to find out of the stack

I’m thinking of making a copper coil in the funnel and some how like a lubricator put a drop or two in every so long I just need to find the temp sweet spot.

Has anyone used the smoke sticks for HVAC testing? Is it a chemical or a wax?

Maybe I should ask does anyone know of a pellet that will smoke by heat and not fire? That will be thick like the fog juice where I can put a few in a “container” with a small vent hole to give a consistent smoke? Or any ideas how to run a copper line from a Reservoir or something through the right ...