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Potato Cannon igniter problem.?
So, me and one of my friends built a potato cannon out of PVC pipes and we bought a BBQ lighter to use as an igniter. Because the actual lighter is too big we decided to disassemble it and try to get just the "vital" components in the potato cannon so it would ignite. So those "vital" components were a small gas container with a plastic tube and a metal end with a spring on top, a "clicker"(the device that generates the spark) and 2 wires connected to that "clicker": one made out of copper and one that seems to be made out of steel or something. We tried igniting the gas coming out of the gas container several times but the results were far worse than the ones that you would get from an "untouched" bbq ligther. We probably got a spark every time but only 1 out of 10 actually ignited the gas.
Question 1) What is the problem and how can we fix it.
Question 2) Any good alternatives for creating an electric spark powerful enough to ignite the gas?
2 Answers
- J NeutronLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
buy an electronic gas grill igniter, available at your local hardware store. You can firmly attach it to the canon. And then put a long cord on it, so you can be at a safe distance for initial testing. Most potato canons I have seen use compressed air.
