hello, new here, have a question...........

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Wed May 21, 2008 2:26 pm

TurboSuper wrote:It's a combustion, don't worry aboot the DWV :wink:

Anyways, he did mount the ignitor inside the chamber. It doesn't exactly need a massive hole, and it would barely need any wiring since the electrodes are already exposed to the combustion gasses. Mabye just a bit to modify it to create the electrode gap.
That's what I've been doing. I seal the edges of the hole either with high-temp RTV or expoxy. I don't really want hot gas to burn my fingers as I'm pressing the trigger! For the gap, I solder a short length of solid wire to the rear electrode, bring it up to the point and cut it off, then bend it so it makes about a 3/16" gap. Pretty much works every time. The hole needs to be 5/8".

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