Dr_Evil
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This is for a potato gun upgrade. I've had it with the POS grill ignitors that you have to keep pressing. My plan is to have two screws come into the combustion area on opposite sides with about 1/4" gap between them. I found these which will work.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11218
I ordered one along with one of these since all I wanted to do was to run in momentarily since a normal small momentary switch might not handle 3 amps.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8903
During some testing before installation, I found out the PCB provides constant on power. Pressing the switch again does not power it off under a load. It worked fine when verifying power output using a DMM. That means I have to disconnect the battery to turn it off...
So now I'm looking for another method to run the spark gap igniter. I either need a momentary switch like the one below or something similar to the PCB above that is truly momentary.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9190
Any ideas?
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11218
I ordered one along with one of these since all I wanted to do was to run in momentarily since a normal small momentary switch might not handle 3 amps.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8903
During some testing before installation, I found out the PCB provides constant on power. Pressing the switch again does not power it off under a load. It worked fine when verifying power output using a DMM. That means I have to disconnect the battery to turn it off...
So now I'm looking for another method to run the spark gap igniter. I either need a momentary switch like the one below or something similar to the PCB above that is truly momentary.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9190
Any ideas?