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no, no, no... he's hooking them up in parallel, but needs to extend the leads in order to get them wired up such that you don't need a clip whip.
never fire these igniters in series, you **will** have misfires that way.
never fire these igniters in series, you **will** have misfires that way.
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Blue_Ninja,
Look at the picture I drew.
The top drawing shows the correct way with the igniters wired parallel.
Think of it as all the igniers are wired basically the same and have a seperate connection to the plus and minus.
The second drawing (The wrong way) shows the igniters wired in series.
Think of it like some Christmas lights. Look at the circuit. Once one igniter goes off and the circuit breaks none of the remaining igniter get any power 'cause the circuit is now broken.
Like if one Christmas light goes out...they all go out!
You don't want that!
YOU WANT TO WIRE THE IGNITERS IN PARALLEL!
sandman
Look at the picture I drew.
The top drawing shows the correct way with the igniters wired parallel.
Think of it as all the igniers are wired basically the same and have a seperate connection to the plus and minus.
The second drawing (The wrong way) shows the igniters wired in series.
Think of it like some Christmas lights. Look at the circuit. Once one igniter goes off and the circuit breaks none of the remaining igniter get any power 'cause the circuit is now broken.
Like if one Christmas light goes out...they all go out!
You don't want that!
YOU WANT TO WIRE THE IGNITERS IN PARALLEL!
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Sandman, thanx, that's a good description.
To complete the explaination, on the parallel circuit, when one igniter burns out, there is still power to the remaining ones (that was implied in your description, but I figured it couldn't hurt to say it
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jim
To complete the explaination, on the parallel circuit, when one igniter burns out, there is still power to the remaining ones (that was implied in your description, but I figured it couldn't hurt to say it
)jim
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This X-Mas I am getting a few Estes kits, and a Long Overdue and a Tres.
I also am getting a memborship to the NAR for christmas. So this is deffinaltey a Rocketry X-mas for me.
I also am getting a memborship to the NAR for christmas. So this is deffinaltey a Rocketry X-mas for me.
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