Ed, I wired my AM Pacific smoker as you described. Actually, I have both the headlight and the smoker wired to track voltage through the relay. The F0 output (headlight) controls the relay. It wasn't my original idea to do this, somebody (sorry, I don't remember who) posted the idea and I just followed it. One advantage to this approach is that I put the decoder in the tender and reused the four wire harness provided by AM. This left the manual smoke switch in line as well, so I now have the option to kill smoke power manually as well as with the headlight function. I can run it all day without overloading the decoder or the DCC system. One disadvantage of this approach is that the dim function for the headlight is not available. As a matter of interest, does anyone have any data on power draws of smoke units in the market and on popular engines? Regards.... Peter Gagnon.
----- Original Message ---- From: ed_loizeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:08:01 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} DCC & high current loads........ One way to operate high current loads with a DCC decoder is to use the decoder to operate a low-current- draw relay. The relay contacts then close the circuit to operate (in this case) the AM smoke unit. The smoke unit can be powered directly from the track and does not need to be directly connected to the decoder at all. Thus, track power can make the smoke unit smoke and the only current load that the decoder need experience is to operate a small relay. Hope this helps...Ed L. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com, "rxman46321" <rxman46321@ ...> wrote: > > We're using Tsunamis at Des Plaines Valley with no problems on 2 A-M > Northerns. > > Great sound and control. Can't have smoke all the time, 45 minutes or > the deoder heats up. Turn off the smoker and she'll run like new. Had > one running over 2 hours a couiple of weeks ago. > > John Griffin > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
