Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!kitty!larry
From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 9-volt / rocket launcher?
Summary: Explosives and safety...
Message-ID: <2862@kitty.UUCP>
Date: 26 Dec 88 05:51:45 GMT
References: <2557@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
Lines: 27

In article <2557@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, benfeen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) writes:
> How can I use a 9-volt battery and other componentsx
>   to heat something up enough that I can light a fuse with it?
>  I want something which will get hot without shorting out the 9-volt.

	This wouldn't be to ignite the combined hydrogen and oxygen
products of electrolysis of water, would it? :-)

> Will diodes work, or am I mistaken?

	You are mistaken.

	If you are into model rockets (as your subject line implies), there
are "reasonably" safe model rocket motors which use an "electric squibb" for
ignition, the design of which is already performed for you by the vendor.
A hobby shop dealing with model airplanes can usually obtain model rocket
supplies.

	With respect to answering your original question, I must decline
since I feel such discussion would be inappropriate for the Net.  You
pose a practical question whose answer is applicable to a wide variety
explosive devices.

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