Pretty sure Estes rates their igniters, but I seek a broader base of
do-it-yourselfers' wise advice. In my dreams, an igniter will NO-fire with
a LED test circuit powered by a hearing aid or watch battery, yet certainly
fire with an old-fashion Western Electric 6-vdc Blue-Bell dry cell. I'm
hoping to sure-fire ignite at 9-vdc by "small radio cell." What's common
practice with small battery ignition, even with a relay?
Thanks again
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 13:12 Dr Edward Jones <RocketPioneer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks. Want to know what's commonly in practice among thinking
amateurs with commonly used batteries other than car batteries.
On 1/5/21, George Herbert <george.herbert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Those would include role (NASA/Space? Military? Amateur?), botharbitrary
(static electricity, accidental connection to wall currents etc) andsystem
specific failure modes that need tolerating.
For amateur stuff, with igniters typically not shipped installed &
disconnected leads until firing, no fire on typical high end static
discharge is probably good enough.
There are military and NASA specs published if you need to refer to them.
-George
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On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:48 AM, Dr Edward Jones <RocketPioneer@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Are there 'best practices' or usual standards for NO-fire and
SURE-fire power for amateur solid rockets? I'm developing some
atypical bridgewires. Thanks.
Edward in Socorro