Spark Question

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I am almost finished building my first combustion cannon. But i have a question. Multiple sparks... how well do they work ? should i put dual sparks in my chamber ? or just leave it as one?
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EXPERIMENT-Ben Franklin didn't get shocked on his 1st flying of the kite, it's also depending on fuel mixture/kind of fuel, how many volts are beeing delivered to the contact points/pin/screw tips in the chamber

TECKNO TIP: there will be a voltage drop due to extra connections/long wires/battery capacity

TECKNO TIP: for more battery capacity, run multiable batteries in parrell- +to+to+,-to-to-

moddified stun guns seem to be really good, post a pic of it (the cannon)
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The twin spark makes the fuel burn faster.Like in alfa romeo.
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if you use two sparks the fuel will burn faster but the sparks will have less power but the dual sparks should work well but if you really want a good spark you should go with the stun gun although if you live in australia its hard to get your hands on one.
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stun gun illegal down under ? i see them on ebay for dirt cheep, the sellers there will shipum to ya i bet, anything for a dollar

check out the painting i'm trying to sell on there- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

anything for 5 dollars
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nope, ebay wont let you select a shipping plan to ship internationally if u are selling stun guns, or potato cannons for that matter.. i tried that and apparently ebay doesnt like spud guns
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