Metal hybid ignition question

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Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:58 pm

I dont get how people hook up the ignition system on a metal hybrid wont the electricety go all over the metal because it conducts electricity
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Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:21 pm

many put some insulation around the spark gap
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Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:25 pm

As simple as the following example.
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Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:25 am

Only one electrode needs to be insulated from the other. I usually hook the ground electrode to the cannon body anywhere, and run the hot electrode through a piece of 1/4" nylon bolt with #6 threaded rod to insulate it from the cannon.
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Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:19 pm

bigbob12345 wrote:I dont get how people hook up the ignition system on a metal hybrid wont the electricety go all over the metal because it conducts electricity
Bigbob, here's something to think about;

A 4-cylinder gasoline engine can be described as a
Quad, full-auto, 8X hybrid spud gun that fires a captured round

A gasoline engine is metal.
A gasoline engine uses a spark to ignite the fuel in the cylinder.

How does a gasoline engine do that without the electricity going all over the metal?
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Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:03 pm

very good jimmy101
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