Stun gun or Electric BBQ ignitor?

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:33 pm

rhys_pesantsrevolt wrote:stun gun more efficient
More efficient than what?

Efficiency really doesn't enter into the problem. Anything that will give an electric spark will ignite a combustion spudgun. A 10KV spark is just as efficient as a 100KV or a 100,000 KV spark. Higher voltage will not increase the performance of the gun unless you do something like add a large number of spark gaps. (Even then, the increase in performance is probably pretty minor.)

The cost of a piezo is about the same as a stungun, especially if you have to pay shipping on the stungun.

Both piezos and stunguns have a tendency to crap out, especially if you only paid $10 for it.

Piezos are legal everywhere, stunguns are not.

Stunguns are a little easier to use in a remote ignition situation.

A piezo won't knock you on your ass if you touch the wrong thing.

A stungun needs a 9V battery, piezos don't use batteries.
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Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:42 pm

It's also a lot harder to get stunguns if you're a kid too. :roll:
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