Glow igniter!

[Tim Kish]

Was looking for a reasonably priced quality igniter and just ended up building my own.
Dimensions are 7x4x2, but you could easily go smaller.
I used items I had laying around other than the micro panel, which cost around forty dollars shipped.
Very simple to build and using an old NiCad transmitter pack for power.

 

[Tim Kish]

Plugs are held in with grommets, easy to remove.
Elastics incase an o-ring for cowl breaks, loop over from side to side and off you go.
Glow plug wrench, because it's just

 

[ACTION JACKSON]

Good build Tim, it's always good to have a way to save people money.

 

[David Santistevan]

Was looking for a reasonably priced quality igniter and just ended up building my own.
Dimensions are 7x4x2, but you could easily go smaller.
I used items I had laying around other than the micro panel, which cost around forty dollars shipped.
Very simple to build and using an old NiCad transmitter pack for power.

Nice work!

 

[XtremeRcBoats]

Looks great. I'm also building a glow igniter based on a xl4015 pcb and have added a amp meter on to it. I'm now putting it in a small box. Will power it from my starter box.

 

[XtremeRcBoats]

It was a bit tight but got it in. Next time will use a bigger box and add a small lipo in there as well.

 

[Tim Kish]

It was a bit tight but got it in. Next time will use a bigger box and add a small lipo in there as well.

Looks great
I started out with something very similar, but switched to the mini panel because it shows if the plug is good.
Otherwise it worked great and was cheap!

 

[XtremeRcBoats]

That is why I have added the amp meter, if it stays 0 when I connect the plug, it means that it is broken.

 

[Roxyflash]

That’s a nice digital read out can you also use it to tell the differant plugs by how much they draw ?The more amps the thicker the wire and less draw be a thinner wire?Just a thought.

 

[XtremeRcBoats]

Hi Bruce, yes it will read out the amps, see below screen shots, the left is a O'Donnel Blue and right is a K&B 1L.



these are very cheap components, so maybe not 100% acurate but gives a good indication. This is what I've used for it:

PCB:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...id=2023070100164314411879471647470006658024_5
Display:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400....order_list.order_list_main.77.6a151802bRyjAS

 

[Roxyflash]

I see theres two trim pots on the Board what do they set?Being it’s a project be nice to incorporate a volt meter for the battery.What voltage are you feeding it?

 

[XtremeRcBoats]

The one i have only has 1 potmeter, this is to set the output voltage. With the version with 2 potmeters (i think) you can limit the output current.

 

[XtremeRcBoats]

forgot to add, I'll be using a 3s Lipo. Testing sofar was done with a 13,8V power supply

 

[Roxyflash]

The one I found has two pots I have a lipo igniter which is handy but would like a back up system I like tinkering making things so probably try making one great post!

 

[XtremeRcBoats]

Show us the result. Good luck!