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From: gmg@hcx.uucp (Greg M. Garner)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 9-volt / rocket launcher?
Summary: Lite up with fine wire!
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Date: 5 Jan 89 01:20:10 GMT
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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.
> Will diodes work, or am I mistaken?
> -- 

I used to lite up Oxygen-Acetylene Bombs with very fine wire. It was probably
about 30 gauge (guessing here), and I would tape the wire to the side of 
a trashbag or newspaper waterproofing bag (yes, you sense a bygone paperboy
here). I would fill the bags with .5 Acetylene and .5 Oxygen, and then 
hook the thin wire up to the 12 volt car battery, and it would glow read,
melt a hole in the bag, and ignite the mixture. I stopped doing this trick
when One day I had oil on my hands and the Oxygen spotaneously ignited the
bomb in my hand. (No permanent damage!). At any rate, try the thin wire.
Another thought is the fuses that Estes model rockets use. They should light
on up just fine! I do not know how you can contact them, but their factory
is (was when I lived there anyway) located in Penrose Colorado. Good luck!

   Greg Garner
   501-442-4847
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