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Smoke Units.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:05 pm
by SlussmanSr
I am wanting to make a smoke unit. What kind of diode? do I use for the heating element internally? I am very new to this hobby, ie 2 months....
Thanks,
SlussmanSr
Smoke Units.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:15 pm
by midlife306
Hi,
You can pick up a Tar smoke unit from about £15, it’s a nice quiet improvement over the std unit.
I run a Tar unit but I’d like a lot more smoke at startup. My son in law has one of these e-cig things & it can put out seriously antisocial amounts of smoke.
I had a good look at it & I think it would be an easy mod to fit it to run alongside the Tar unit.
Cheers
Wayne
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Re: Smoke Units.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:34 pm
by Maccrage
midlife306 wrote:Hi,
You can pick up a Tar smoke unit from about £15, it’s a nice quiet improvement over the std unit.
I run a Tar unit but I’d like a lot more smoke at startup. My son in law has one of these e-cig things & it can put out seriously antisocial amounts of smoke.
I had a good look at it & I think it would be an easy mod to fit it to run alongside the Tar unit.
Cheers
Wayne
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Oh, maybe figure out a way to hook it into the battle unit. Then when the tank is destroyed, it can "brew up."
Re: Smoke Units.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:36 pm
by midlife306
Hehe, good thinking!
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Re: Smoke Units.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:36 pm
by Norton1
SlussmanSr wrote:I am wanting to make a smoke unit. What kind of diode? do I use for the heating element internally? I am very new to this hobby, ie 2 months....
Thanks,
SlussmanSr
Hey Kyle! Great to see you here! This is Steve from idaho.
Be well,
Steve
Re: Smoke Units.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:47 pm
by Max-U52
You use a wire wound resistor, and I use a 10 ohm, 1 watt wire wound for this
and I added a fan as well. There are a few threads about on making your own smoker. I asume you want it for a tank? If you're putting it in a wreck or a bombed out building that's a different animal.
Re: Smoke Units.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:57 pm
by silversurfer1947
Having burnt out 2 Tarr smokers in my burning buildings, I would love to read your thoughts on a suitable smoker, Gary.
Re: Smoke Units.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:05 pm
by Max-U52
Richard, I might start with a slightly larger metal box than the tarr has, first using the 10 ohm 1 watt and a fan, running on straight 7.4 lipo. You might even use two resistors for more smoke. A pair of slightly larger output tubes, maybe 1/4 imch ID, could deliver smoke to each end of a building, or use one to provide general smoke and one under a window to get more smoke from that one point.
Re: Smoke Units.
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:22 am
by SlussmanSr
Norton1 wrote:SlussmanSr wrote:I am wanting to make a smoke unit. What kind of diode? do I use for the heating element internally? I am very new to this hobby, ie 2 months....
Thanks,
SlussmanSr
Hey Kyle! Great to see you here! This is Steve from idaho.
Be well,
Steve
Hi Steve, glad that you said hi. Hope things work out for your board I sent....
Kyle
Re: Smoke Units.
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:23 am
by SlussmanSr
Max-U52 wrote:You use a wire wound resistor, and I use a 10 ohm, 1 watt wire wound for this
and I added a fan as well. There are a few threads about on making your own smoker. I asume you want it for a tank? If you're putting it in a wreck or a bombed out building that's a different animal.
Tks for the info Max!