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kidvic3
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:48 pm

i used a long nosed lighter clicker

but its not igniting

its only got one wire attached

any ideas
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Torch
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:53 pm

Well, first you need two wires for a spark gap. When I used them for my minis I took off the rubber thing off the bottom of the piezo ("clicker") and attached a wire to the copper cap that the rubber was protecting. Then you take the wires, and place them close to eachother (but not touching) and click it, it should spark across the wires if done right.
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:58 pm

but wered would you get the extra wire from
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:00 pm

Just some old wire I had laying around from taking apart junk.
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:18 pm

First post in the right section. :roll:
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:27 pm

Moved.

Just for future reference, just PM a mod Drac or who else in the event of something of this matter, so not to disrupt the flow of the conversation.
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