Wes wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

_And_ it starts with a ni-starter -- Cox glow heads _demand_ a good dry
cell battery, and just sneer at you if you try to give them 1.2V from a
nicad.

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/cox_head.txt
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/cox_head-inside.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...d-on_plane.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/cox_head-plans.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/cox_head-top.jpg

That .3v per cell matters at times.


A fresh carbon zinc is closer to 1.55 volts. 1.2 volts would be a
little over a 40% reduction in power dissipate in the glow plug.


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