proportional smoke

[Steen Vøler]

Hi all

Wondered if a sort of proportional smoke effect could be accomplished by wiring my 24v smoke fan to the motors - one at each motor power cables

The heat element is still wired to a on-off switch remotely controlled via my transmitter


Any thoughts here

[Adrian Harris]

Steen, I thought you already had one of my smoker fan control units ?

There are a couple of problems when using the motor supplies.

1) Possible damage to the fan when running the tank backwards, as the voltage across the fan is reversed. You need a bridge rectifier to solve this.
2) There's no smoke output when the tank is not moving. There's no solution so this, other than using the smoker output from the Benedini board, as I do with my module.

Adrian.

[Sam Hough]

If you want to stick to pure analogue (I've got massive overkill solution with a raspberry pi) you would use a rectifier (as Adrian suggested) from the motors AND a drip feed from the main supply (resistor and diode) for idle.

[Steen Vøler]

thanks Adrian and Sam

@Adrian - i did have one unit, but it was installed in my JP which is now sold

[Adrian Harris]

In that case it sounds like you need another one

Adrian.

[Steen Vøler]

do you still have one?

My new setup is Benedini Mini with 60 w amplifier.

Smoker is pure 24v, both fan and heat element

cheers
Steen

[Adrian Harris]

I always keep a stock Price is still 49ukp + P&P and paypal fees.

Email me at sales@armortekaddict.co.uk for a complete cost to Denmark.

Adrian.