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Fog Machine overhaul

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Well my poor old fog machine, after so many hours of use was pumping no where near the amount of fog it used to. So I took my toolkit to it. The idea is simple, a small pump from a tank, feeds the fog juice through a very small diameter tube through a heating element.

All pipes seem to be clear, so I tracked down the fault to the pump. Although working it was just not pumping enough fluid to produce a lot of smoke, so feeling a bit brave, I disassembled the pump. It consists of an AC coil with a springloaded plunger and several o- ring sealed chambers, stacked above each other. Fog fluid or Propeleyne glycol, is a syrupy sugar type of chemical and crystals and a sludge had formed in the tiny cavities that fill each chamber. I took the whole pump apart and soaked and cleaned each component in isopro alcohol and reassembled.

WOW, this thing is now kicking out more fog than when it was new, I recommend this to anyone whose fogger is a bit tired or seems to have given up. DO NOT use a vinegar solution as I have read on some web sites , as this will corrode the very delicate O ring seals. I thought I would share this with you.

Jase
 





Rhith

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Very very interesting to hear! You should have taken some pictures while you were at it! Oh well, maybe when someone else is as brave they will take a fex pictures.
 

Things

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hey that is EXACTLY what happened to my fog machine! it used to sputter, and sometimes the fog didn't come out untill like 5 seconds of pressing the remote! although the pump wasn't clogged up, it just stopped working, so i had to order another pump, and now it works perfectly! the pump was only $23, so i was really happy that i didn't have to buy a new fogger!
 




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