Those put out a LOT of smoke and the sensors are quite sensitive.  Unless I could release it into a very large volume, it would likely rail the sensor.  Plus how do I control it?  Seal it in the environment and set it off with a fuze?  That is, in effect, what I'm looking for, but several orders of magnitude less smoke.

For example, frying a nylon coated 41G copper wire 1" long inside of a 5 gallon bucket overwhelmed the sensor!

They sell a liquid smoke generator for the toy train market.  That looks like a reasonable idea--maybe it's just propylene glycol as Phil Bavaro suggested.  But I need some kind of crucible to heat that up in.  If anyone knows of a micro crucible with attached heater, which isn't expensive, that would probably do it.

Wayne

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My vote would be for Tom's suggestion. There are also some "smoke generator" products that are used to find air leaks/drafts around windows and doors that may work for Wayne's application.

Dave Hillman
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What about Smoke in a can?  Used for testing smoke detectors

http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3604150




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