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by Lurwah
Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:42 pm
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: No spark with camera ignition
Replies: 21
Views: 4851

Do you mean that there's too much distance ( not as in between the screws, but as in the length of the wiring ) ? I get quite a spark if I tap it with a screwdriver though.
by Lurwah
Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:29 pm
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: No spark with camera ignition
Replies: 21
Views: 4851

If I keep them touching nothing happens... I( 've ? ) finally got the pictures online, so take a look if you'd like to help. They're quite big, but I always say: the bigger the better :roll: :wink: The middle screw is the third wire, the ones on the sides are + and -. http://lurwah.nl/img/pic1.JPG h...
by Lurwah
Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:38 am
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: No spark with camera ignition
Replies: 21
Views: 4851

OK, update. I made a loop of metal wire around the the two screws and connected the third wire to the loop, the loop and the two screws were very close, but not touching. There was one ZAP while I was still charging 0_0 ( that shouldn't have happened ) and it did nothing afterwards. I already looked...
by Lurwah
Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:50 am
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: No spark with camera ignition
Replies: 21
Views: 4851

Re: No spark with camera ignition

I took out the flash, connected the 2 +/- wires to the screws and placed the screws less than a millimeter apart, but there's no spark. The only way to get a spark is to hold the firing switch and touch the screws with a screwdriver ( and than it works brilliantly! ) . So: Yeah, my unit still works...
by Lurwah
Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:39 am
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: No spark with camera ignition
Replies: 21
Views: 4851

Your two wires (+,-) have to be coming from the lamp that flashes. Desolder the lamp and solder the wires onto where the lamp was and then put them close together (1mm away like Hotwired said). The third wire is totaly not required at all but it does prolong the life of the unit. Hope that helped y...
by Lurwah
Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:21 am
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: No spark with camera ignition
Replies: 21
Views: 4851

Thanks for the quick reply!

Does the third wire need to be as close as well? Because I don't want to work with wires outside my box ( the isolation melts and stuff ) and I don't think I can bend hard metal in such a small loop.

Edit: I haven't got my camera right now, maybe later today.
by Lurwah
Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:39 am
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: No spark with camera ignition
Replies: 21
Views: 4851

No spark with camera ignition

Hi! First off: Sorry if this has already been discussed, I've searched, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm currently trying to upgrade my first spudgun with a camera ignition, but it won't work! So far I've used those long-nosed lighters, but they always broke ( literally ), so I got fed up with t...