Do you mean that there's too much distance ( not as in between the screws, but as in the length of the wiring ) ? I get quite a spark if I tap it with a screwdriver though.

If I keep them touching nothing happens...

I( 've ? ) finally got the pictures online, so take a look if you'd like to help.
They're quite big, but I always say: the bigger the better :roll: :wink:

The middle screw is the third wire, the ones on the sides are + and -.
http://lurwah.nl/img/pic1 ...

OK, update.

I made a loop of metal wire around the the two screws and connected the third wire to the loop, the loop and the two screws were very close, but not touching.

There was one ZAP while I was still charging 0_0 ( that shouldn't have happened ) and it did nothing afterwards.

I already ...

I took out the flash, connected the 2 +/- wires to the screws and placed the screws less than a millimeter apart, but there's no spark. The only way to get a spark is to hold the firing switch and touch the screws with a screwdriver ( and than it works brilliantly! ) .

So: Yeah, my unit still ...

Your two wires (+,-) have to be coming from the lamp that flashes. Desolder the lamp and solder the wires onto where the lamp was and then put them close together (1mm away like Hotwired said). The third wire is totaly not required at all but it does prolong the life of the unit. Hope that helped ...

Thanks for the quick reply!

Does the third wire need to be as close as well? Because I don't want to work with wires outside my box ( the isolation melts and stuff ) and I don't think I can bend hard metal in such a small loop.

Edit: I haven't got my camera right now, maybe later today.

Hi!

First off: Sorry if this has already been discussed, I've searched, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

I'm currently trying to upgrade my first spudgun with a camera ignition, but it won't work! So far I've used those long-nosed lighters, but they always broke ( literally ), so I got fed up with ...