stealth6
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Been making igniters using 26g "shooters wire" and Quickburst pyrogen - works great.
I've run out of wire but have plenty of Quickdip left. I've seen quite a few folks use "telephone wire" (which is generally Cat5) for their own homemade igniters. I have a fair amount of scrap Cat3 wire laying around which to me says "a bunch more - essentially free - igniters".
However, with a bit of internet poking around I've found some indication that Cat3 would not be desirable. Don't really know why. I do see that the Cat3 pairs are not twisted, but that seems minor to me.
So......any reason NOT to use all this free Cat3 scrap to make more igniters? I'm also thinking of using it for another purpose - which is to run from an altimeter/timer to an igniter in an airstarted second stage project I'm working on (about a 30" run) - any reason not to use it for this?
thanks in advance, s6
I've run out of wire but have plenty of Quickdip left. I've seen quite a few folks use "telephone wire" (which is generally Cat5) for their own homemade igniters. I have a fair amount of scrap Cat3 wire laying around which to me says "a bunch more - essentially free - igniters".
However, with a bit of internet poking around I've found some indication that Cat3 would not be desirable. Don't really know why. I do see that the Cat3 pairs are not twisted, but that seems minor to me.
So......any reason NOT to use all this free Cat3 scrap to make more igniters? I'm also thinking of using it for another purpose - which is to run from an altimeter/timer to an igniter in an airstarted second stage project I'm working on (about a 30" run) - any reason not to use it for this?
thanks in advance, s6