Title: Glow plug ignitor from scratch Post by: hbk2004 on October 14, 2009, 10:55:16 AM hi
does any 1 know hw to build Glow plug ignitor from scratch... Title: Re: Glow plug ignitor from scratch Post by: anwar on October 14, 2009, 11:03:43 AM Basically it is just a matter of applying about 1.2v volts to the plug. I have seen people just take a regular AA battery of 1.5volts and use two pieces of wire to connect one end to one of the engine bolts, and the other end to the plug, as a quick fix on the field.
If you use a 1.2v Sub-C cell (Sanyo is commonly available), you can bring down the voltage also. A quick search provides some links, like : http://www.rctech.net/forum/nitro-road/206634-make-your-own-glow-ignitor-under-3-minutes.html http://picasaweb.google.com/stoptherockets94/ForRcVideoDonTDelete#5168419347451031506 Title: Re: Glow plug ignitor from scratch Post by: anwar on October 14, 2009, 11:10:41 AM Another really crude one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7YVHxYGPak Title: Re: Glow plug ignitor from scratch Post by: sahilkit on October 15, 2009, 09:15:03 AM just make sure that the voltage is below 1.5volts otherwise one ends up burning the glow plug :violent:
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