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Is there anything I could rig up at home that would do it till I get one? I have a race tonight
So I just was like hmm hiw to do this solar... an old garden decoration light charger, An RCA jack fits right into the end of my igniter and makes good contact, and a little heat shrink to prevent shorting and SHAZAAM! Brand new solar igniter charger. A couple of alligator clips and I could connect right to the glow plug. Eat your heart out McGuiver.No, it needs the heat in the coil the entire time your trying to start to ignite the fuel.
If your reaaaaaaaaally determined, you can use wire and a AA/C/D alkaline battery (C is better, D is best as glowplugs chew through alkaline cells fast). But getting something to stay on the pin on the glow plug will be hard. The negative wire can just be connected to the engine, like one of the mounting bolts. I just don't know how you can secure a piece of wire to the glow plug pin. Maybe with needle nose and one of those cheap banana connectors. Traxxas uses a spring type connector to the ezstart that you force over the glowplug pin and it just stays on there all the time.
I use AA type heaters with LSD NiMH 2000mah AA's and they hold up well. I can also charge the AA's in any general AA battery charger, and in a pinch, I can just buy some good alkalines.
https://www.amazon.com/Hobbypark-Ignitor-Igniter-Starter-Batteries/dp/B016LT187M
https://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Rechargeable-Auto-Safety-Over-charge-Protection/dp/B00IM3P8GS