Making "steam" from an atomizer for making mist
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Making "steam" from an atomizer for making mist
I gave up running live steam locomotives for a while, but I still missed the steam, thus, I decided to make "steam" for the LGB Stainz. It turned out that this small atomizer from a mini-humidifier (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGN4QC3K?ps ... ct_details) seems to be the best one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6K39tzZzEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6K39tzZzEI
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Thats quite impressive. Can you give us more detail on construction i.e water reservoir, wiring, etc?
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Great, thanks a lot. How long does one water fill last?
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I have not had a chance to test. But the wick is 5 cm long, and the chimney can carry quite a lot of water (I need to calibrate how much). I will play around this Thanksgiving weekend and will let you know; can't wait to see how real that would be in the garden.
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I've seen them available as just the component, with a bit more range in input voltage: https://a.co/d/awqu5dY , also https://a.co/d/ir2ABTL
I'd been looking into one to add mist to a waterfall feature I'm building in one of my aquariums. Maybe I'll pick up a multi-pack and try adding one to a loco as well. (Incidentally Philip, I made the Thornas smokebox and chimney hollow with the hope of adding some kind of smoke generator in the future.)
I'd been looking into one to add mist to a waterfall feature I'm building in one of my aquariums. Maybe I'll pick up a multi-pack and try adding one to a loco as well. (Incidentally Philip, I made the Thornas smokebox and chimney hollow with the hope of adding some kind of smoke generator in the future.)
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Thanks for those links drew. They also appear to be available from Amazon over here as well.
Not hijacking this thread, but my smokebox & boiler are more or less full with lead and Rx!
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I had wondered if there was a way of adding a plume of steam to a battery loco, when you have added a sound card its the one missing element.
A very interesting idea. I will store it away for future consideration.
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A very interesting idea. I will store it away for future consideration.
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The Stainz locomotive was controlled by the wifi-based Locomote board and the sound is from the Mylocosound board, all are located in other freight car, including the 14v Lithium-ion battery and the speaker. The wiring for that can be found at the Locoremote website (https://www.locoremote.co.uk/lrdocs/Batteries.pdf). So the wiring scheme for the "steam" shows only the components on the Stainz, except the battery. I just need to link the Stainz to the freight car for running. For this setup, it needs to dial up to 75% Speed in the Locoremote wifi control to have "steam".Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:31 am I had wondered if there was a way of adding a plume of steam to a battery loco, when you have added a sound card its the one missing element.
A very interesting idea. I will store it away for future consideration.
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It looks good in the garden today:mymodeltrain wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:04 am I gave up running live steam locomotives for a while, but I still missed the steam, thus, I decided to make "steam" for the LGB Stainz. It turned out that this small atomizer from a mini-humidifier (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGN4QC3K?ps ... ct_details) seems to be the best one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6K39tzZzEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21LW9tUw2hA
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Certainly does! Looks very good indeed.mymodeltrain wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:08 pm
It looks good in the garden today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21LW9tUw2hA
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Re: Making "steam" from an atomizer for making mist
Congratulations for getting it to work. Looks great.
I will put it on my "projects" list
Do you get water droplets condensing on the loco and wagons?
I will put it on my "projects" list
Do you get water droplets condensing on the loco and wagons?
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Re: Making "steam" from an atomizer for making mist
That's the best steam impression I have ever seen.
The best things in life are free.... so why am I doing this?
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The atomizer generates tiny aerosols, which will dissipate quickly in the air; thus, there are no droplets on the loco or wagons.
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Thanks, Peter; I enjoyed my Thanksgiving holidays in the garden.
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In the Uk you can get these from Temu at a reasonable price.
https://www.temu.com/uk/small-flower-mi ... 48ytx4a5ze
https://www.temu.com/uk/small-flower-mi ... 48ytx4a5ze
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Re: Making "steam" from an atomizer for making mist
Or you can get a DIY kit from AliExpress, though I have no idea how good/bad it would be, just what I found browsing for similar items.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004 ... 03666568_8
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004 ... 03666568_8
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Are Temu reliable? I've always avoided them because they seem to sell so much varied junk at ridiculously low prices that I assume they are scam/rip off merchants.-steves- wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:09 am In the Uk you can get these from Temu at a reasonable price.
https://www.temu.com/uk/small-flower-mi ... 48ytx4a5ze
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