CAn I install a smoke unit into a DCC engine?? I was wondering if this was ever tried before????
You can, but it would not be a good idea. DCC requires clean track. Smoke units dirty track rapidly. To make the DCC operate, you'd have to be cleaning track constantly.
Gene
Yes you can.
If your engine has a circuit board in it , get the wiring diagram . Usually the schematic shows which pins to hook up to . Look for the pin numbers on the diagram to match up the pin holes on the board and solder the wires from the smoke unit to them . and don't over dose on the solder , and keep it off other solder pad contacts to avoid shorting it out . Tin the wires first , before putting them in to the circuit board .
I am not telling you how to solder , but if you have not soldered before , these tips will help . I learn the had way .
Test the smoke unit out of the engine first and don't forget to add the oil , so as not to burn it out .
Good Luck
Mudhen