10-04-2009, 04:48 PM
OK, unlike several other topics discussed here, I don't necessarily want to control a smoke generator from the decoder, I just want to know if smoke generators can be made DCC-compatible... that is, run directly off track power.
I know that the smoke generator is seen by most DCC systems as a dead short because of its' low resistance - but I'm wondering if I put a diode rectifier and resistor in series with it, will it be enough to make it work?
I'm doing an install for a client, and the decoder he's provided me with doesn't seem to have any accessory function outputs (nevermind providing any useful specs for the outputs at all...
)... but he'd really like the smoke to work. So I figure if there's a way to run it off track power, that'll make him happier than me having to say it ain't a gonna work atall 
I know that the smoke generator is seen by most DCC systems as a dead short because of its' low resistance - but I'm wondering if I put a diode rectifier and resistor in series with it, will it be enough to make it work?
I'm doing an install for a client, and the decoder he's provided me with doesn't seem to have any accessory function outputs (nevermind providing any useful specs for the outputs at all...
)... but he'd really like the smoke to work. So I figure if there's a way to run it off track power, that'll make him happier than me having to say it ain't a gonna work atall