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Arestocraft rs-3 smoke unit

i have 2 rs-3s the older unit smokes like crazy witch i like ,but the newer 2ed verson fan runs all the time but never gets enought votage to make the unit hot enought to smoke much. is there anything i can put between the 2 pins to get more votage so i don,t have to tear the engine apart to get more vortage .thanks bobgfla

The newer generation smoke units are a crap shoot.

They don’t smoke “super” unless they are on their death bed…

The design gives a low voltage to the heater, it is capable of more, but there’s nothing you can do that is simple and keeps the automatic shutdown capability.

Any improvements would necessitate opening the loco, providing a new power supply and rewiring the smoke unit.

Sorry, no easy solution.

greg