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- Under water igniters by The Jolly Roger
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- Materials needed:
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- -Pack of 10 silicon diodes (available at Radio Shack. you will
- know you got the right ones if they are very, very small glass
- objects!)
- -Pack of matches
- -1 candle
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- Procedure:
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- - Light the candle and allow a pool of molten wax to form in the
- top.
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- - Take a single match and hold the glass part of a single diode
- against the head. Bend the diode pins around the matchhead so that
- one wraps in an upward direction and thensticks out to the side.
- Do the same with the other wire, but in a downward direction. The
- diodes should now be hugging the matchhead, but its wires MUST NOT
- TOUCH EACH OTHER!
-
- - Dip the matchhead in wax to give it a water-proof coat. These
- work underwater
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- - repeat to make as many as you want
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- How to use them:
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- When these little dudes are hooked across a 6v battery, the diode
- reaches what is called breakdown voltage. When most electrical
- components reach this voltage, they usually produce great amounts
- of heat and light, while quickly melting into a little blob. This
- heat is enough to ignite a matchhead. These are recommended for
- use underwater, where most other igniters refuse to work. ENJOY!
- -Jolly Roger-
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