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Hey anybody from Australia know of any online stores for pressure PVC fittings? Tradelink and Reece are charging me $35 au just for a 100mm x 50mm reducer! Also does anyone know of any stores were i can pick up an electronic BBQ ignition? Or wants to sell me one on ebay?

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Thu May 07, 2009 6:32 pm

As for PVC supplies you're probably best off to try a local irrigation/agricultural supply. We pay more than the Americans..but oh well.

As for the BBQ lighter try a camping store that sells portable barbecues.
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Thu May 07, 2009 6:38 pm

yeh i tried BBQ's galore, dunno if you have it or not where you are but in brissy they are the major BBQ place around and they only have the piezo's. And yeh i think i might just have to suck it up about the pvc haha
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Thu May 07, 2009 7:14 pm

bunnings sells bbq ignitors. and watershed sells bushings for about that same price you got. its bloody expensive. 65 bucks for a 90mm T !
or if you have enough skill you can make an ignitor from a disposable camera :wink:
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Gday mate, i sugest getting to know the guys at a local irrigation store (not any big ones like total eden). I can go into my local one and get anything at cost from him, and they are much cheaper then reece or tradelink anyway.
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Thu May 07, 2009 7:47 pm

on the camera, its not that hard, take the battery out, take the camera apart, cut the wires to the flash, strip them enough to wrap around your contacts, put the camera back together, battery back in and your good
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Thu May 07, 2009 9:45 pm

Hey guys thanks for the help
Cosmic Muffin wrote:bunnings sells bbq ignitors. and watershed sells bushings for about that same price you got. its bloody expensive. 65 bucks for a 90mm T !
or if you have enough skill you can make an ignitor from a disposable camera :wink:
Mate that is expensive haha thats commitment paying it anyway though. i had no idea bunnings sell bbq igniters do you know if they are electric?
Carlman wrote:Gday mate, i sugest getting to know the guys at a local irrigation store (not any big ones like total eden). I can go into my local one and get anything at cost from him, and they are much cheaper then reece or tradelink anyway
i think ill have to try to do that cause the big ones are charging me a fortune. Haha i have to come up with a new excuse every time they ask what is it for haha i usually end up telling them its for a spud gun anyway. Do you know if we sell those cleanout caps the americans use here is aus?
grock wrote:on the camera, its not that hard, take the battery out, take the camera apart, cut the wires to the flash, strip them enough to wrap around your contacts, put the camera back together, battery back in and your good
i have mate im just looking for a small ignition coil to boost the 300v's up to something that will arc for me

Thanks for all the help guys
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Camera caps' will arc but damage the electrodes. An ignition coil is a very good antidote to this.

Yes, bunnings should sell electronic sparkers, I've seen them in there before.
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Fri May 08, 2009 4:04 am

awesome i might hit bunnings tommorow and have a look. just saw in another post someone saying you could pick them up from big w
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yeh you can probably get em from big w, i havent seen any electric igniters anywhere. give us a hoy if you find any
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no worries mate will do
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bbq glore hasdem soz ben dronkin :P
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haha
what do they have?
electric or normal ones...
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Fri May 08, 2009 6:24 am

i have bought piezo's from them i emailed them and they said they had electric as well but when i went in they said they didnt sell them :x

and hahaha sweet carlman
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bummer ai i have a new gun comin. might be up tomorow
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