How does the TME smoke pump work?
06-18-2003, 05:33 PM
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How does the TME smoke pump work?
I thought that you control the flow to the engine by connecting the pump to a channel and as you crank the channel up or down it increases or decreases flow? If that is the case why do they sell a 'remote flow-control valve'?
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How does the TME smoke pump work?
From http://www.crcja.org/faq/smoke.htm
"TME Simple smoke Pump II come with two leads. One is for the RX for what ever channel you are going to use. It can be any channel as ATV is not required."
Looks like the radio only turns the pump on and off. The valve controls the flow.
I don't smoke, but it seemed like an interesting question.
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"TME Simple smoke Pump II come with two leads. One is for the RX for what ever channel you are going to use. It can be any channel as ATV is not required."
Looks like the radio only turns the pump on and off. The valve controls the flow.
I don't smoke, but it seemed like an interesting question.
Roger
06-18-2003, 07:13 PM
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How does the TME smoke pump work?
And this is a reasonable/good system? Seems kinda janky to me, you should be able to control the speed of the pump with the Rx. What happens when you throttle up and down but the oil keeps a constant rate, seems like you'd get wasted/unused oil spurting out.... However, its about half as much as the slimline system which lets you control the flow with the Tx, does the TME work well enough?
06-18-2003, 09:07 PM
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How does the TME smoke pump work?
I have one of these and they do work well. I have heard of people wiring an electronic speed control in between the battery and pump and using that to adjust oil flow from the TX. Should be fairly easy to set up.
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TME gives good smoke. No variable speed pumping on the TME.
Mine (and other's I know) have started to leak after about 7-10 gallons of smoke thru them.... I mounted the pump to the fuse on rubber grommets using the mounting tab on the pump. One guy says his doesn't leak, but he just wraps the pump in foam and holds it in place with velcro-rubber bands and eyehooks.
I just bought the sullivan - and I like it so far. It's a welded pump, not riveted like the TME, so hopefully it wont leak at all. It's a little more compact too... but the pump motor isn't as "big".
Mine (and other's I know) have started to leak after about 7-10 gallons of smoke thru them.... I mounted the pump to the fuse on rubber grommets using the mounting tab on the pump. One guy says his doesn't leak, but he just wraps the pump in foam and holds it in place with velcro-rubber bands and eyehooks.
I just bought the sullivan - and I like it so far. It's a welded pump, not riveted like the TME, so hopefully it wont leak at all. It's a little more compact too... but the pump motor isn't as "big".
