MOTM

When I used to rock n' roll with a band which used a lot of pyro, we 
built flash pots which were nothing more than 2 screw terminals with 
an AC cord attached. Instead of buying special trigger wire, we would 
make our own by taking zip wire and unravelling it to use a single 
strand of thin copper. The 120v was enough to pop it every time, 
without blowing breakers. Of course, you can fry yourself if you wire 
it up and it's still plugged in. Dangerous!

Moe

--- In motm@y..., "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@i...> wrote:
> You want nicrome wire.  It used to be sold a lot for model rocket 
engine igniters.  Of course, you could just use model rocket engine 
igniters.  Check your hobby shop..   You can light them off 3 or 
4 "D" cells quite easily.  I never tried AA, but seems reasonable, 
just not as many times.  :)
> Larry H
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: klem klemmingberg 
>   To: motm@y... 
>   Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:27 PM
>   Subject: [motm] waaaay ot--hot wires
> 
> 
>   Howdy--
>   I want to ignite flash paper electrically--from some aa 
batteries.  I'm thinking
>   very thin wire would heat up well, but i'm not sure if there's 
some trick to getting wire
>   extra hot.  Or is there some sort of electronic component that 
would do the trick for me?
> 
>   Please reply off list.
> 
>   tomr
>   (keeping the OT in MOTM)
> 
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