Dual BBQ sparks

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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I was looking on the spudtech FAQs and saw the thing about dual sparks but didn't understand the diagram. I searched here but couldn't find anything.

Is it like this?

I think it is the first one
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or this?
or this?
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The first one. The only wires you need are the ones from the clicker. On the bottom side there you can just run the wire inside, no need to go outside with that one.
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So it should look more like this.
So it should look more like this.
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won't the combustion melt the rubber insulation if i put the wire inside?
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No.
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Even if it did melt it, doesn't matter.
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alright i still don't really underrstand why but ill trust u. I still don't get how chamber fans aren't melted into globs of plastic but whatever
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Because the heat from the combustion last for only a few milliseconds. To melt something doesn't require the surrounding atmosphere to be the temperature required, what has to happen is the substance needs to be heated to that temperature. The combustion lasts only a few milliseconds, which isn't nearly long enough to transfer enough energy to the plastic to melt it. They'll get soot on them, but not much more.
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ahh now i understand
thanks
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