10-14-2006, 11:35 PM
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BARCLONE Rocketry
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 5,357
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Originally Posted by bikegod
...Concerning the ingition: Cigarette lighter adapter and say 25' or more of lead to microclips. What do you think? My ignition would be plugging it into the lighter socket, with the failsafe of the car must be turned on for the lighter to have power. I have three sockets in my PT and two are keyed (won't come on without being in at least accessory postition).
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If you can find one of the earlier BLUE-PLASTIC Electron Beam controllers, these were assembled with screws instead of being heat-welded together. You can add an extra set of wires connecting to the internal battery terminals that run to either that cig port plug, OR get some heavier-duty gater-grabbers and some 14-gauge zip chord, and have all the convienience of a regular controller with the oomph of a 12V car battery instead of the 6V from four AA's. Just swap out the 6V bulb with a 12V bulb, and you're set. Swap out the remaining 20' of lead wire with more 14-gauge zip chord and you should be able to handle up to three-motor clusters without a Chernobyl... |