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1. 04:54 AM - Shower of Sparks (John Pearson)
2. 05:41 AM - Re: Shower of Sparks (George Coy)
3. 05:54 AM - Re: Shower of Sparks (Steve Culp)
4. 04:16 PM - E Ignition (Nic Weigelt)
5. 04:31 PM - Re: E Ignition (Steve Culp)
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| Subject: | Shower of Sparks |
I've gone through 2 shower of spark units and am wondering if I'm doing
something wrong!!!
Is there an alternate unit like a solid state system or something. Is
there a problem with reliability with the standard russian unit?
J.Pearson
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| Subject: | Shower of Sparks |
It does not sound normal to burn those up. We seldom replace them. Perhaps
your wiring is wrong and it is running too often. It should only be active
when you press the start button.
I made a few solid state units a few years ago, but the Russian units
were so low cost that it did not pay to produce them. You can always use a
spare MODEL T coil unit if you have on handy. The T-6 guys also have a unit
that most home builders use.
George S. Coy
President
Gesoco Industries Inc.
629 Airport Rd.
Swanton, VT 05488 USA
George@gesoco.com
george.coy@ gmail.com
Phone +1-802-868-5633
Fax +1-802-868-4465
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Pearson
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:56 AM
Subject: M14PEngines-List: Shower of Sparks
I've gone through 2 shower of spark units and am wondering if I'm doing
something wrong!!!
Is there an alternate unit like a solid state system or something. Is there
a problem with reliability with the standard russian unit?
J.Pearson
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| Subject: | Shower of Sparks |
We stock the Russian shower of sparks and sell 1 or 2 a week and usually don't
see any problem with them. Seems like most of them last 20 years or so.
Check out the wiring like George suggested and if they are not adjusted properly
it can cause them to overheat which can cause the coil to crack.
I have seen people not ground them internally. You would think the housing is
grounded to the points but you have to have a ground run to one of the terminals
inside. But this just keeps them from working.
Steve Culp
Culp's Specialties
www.culpsspecialties.com
318 222 0850 phone & fax
George Coy <george@gesoco.com> wrote:
It does not sound normal to burn those up. We seldom replace them. Perhaps
your wiring is wrong and it is running too often. It should only be active
when you press the start button.
I made a few solid state units a few years ago, but the Russian units were
so low cost that it did not pay to produce them. You can always use a spare
MODEL T coil unit if you have on handy. The T-6 guys also have a unit that most
home builders use.
George S. Coy
President
Gesoco Industries Inc.
629 Airport Rd.
Swanton, VT 05488 USA
George@gesoco.com
george.coy@ gmail.com
Phone +1-802-868-5633
Fax +1-802-868-4465
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From: owner-m14pengines-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-m14pengines-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John Pearson
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:56 AM
Subject: M14PEngines-List: Shower of Sparks
I've gone through 2 shower of spark units and am wondering if I'm doing something
wrong!!!
Is there an alternate unit like a solid state system or something. Is there
a problem with reliability with the standard russian unit?
J.Pearson
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I'm told there is an electronic ignition in the works for the M-14P.
Can anyone educate me here? One of the questions I have is if using
electronic ignition will have an impact on type of fuel that can be
used.
Nic
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Probably the main thing that has an impact on the type of fuel used in the M-14
is whether or not it has any Alcohol, Toluene and Olefins in the auto gas which
are real bad on the internal parts of the carb and fuel lines and even the
sealants used on wet wings.
My wife is a PR person for a refinery and one of the chemists told her in Louisiana,
stations don't have to mark gasoline as having alcohol if the alcohol
content is less than 10%. That is when I asked what else was in auto gas as we
checked the fuel capacity in our Pups and decided to save a few bucks and use
auto gas. The next morning we had swollen lines. We had done a test and could
find no alcohol so I thought there must be something else in the fuel that
was not real friendly to flexible things.
For the amount of flying most of use do the extra buck or two per gallon will
not matter if you encounter just one engine out.
I think George Coy is working with the factory on an electronic ignition but
if it ain't broke why fix it?
Steve Culp
Nic Weigelt <nicholasweigelt@shaw.ca> wrote: I'm told there is an electronic
ignition in the works for the M-14P. Can anyone educate me here? One
of the questions I have is if using electronic ignition will have an impact on
type of fuel that can be used.
Nic
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