On 16/10/2020 19:43, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Brian Gaff (Sofa) brought next idea :
Normally they work a bit like a toggle switch, IE putting a sudden
compression on the crystal, so you get a sharp pulse to the step up
device. Two things, either its not doing that sharp pulse or damp is
getting into the transformer.
Brian, there isn't any transformer in a piezo igniter. They are just a
piezo crystal, which generate a pulse of high voltage when suddenly
distorted. The sudden distortion is provided by a tiny hammer like
mechanism, fired by a spring, as you hear the click on squeezing the
trigger.
https://www.americanpiezo.com/piezo-...enerators.html
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