A "Glow" Hint

[Morton]

Bob,

I decided to use the banana plug connectors after going through my 
second glow plug connector and did not want this device to fail at a 
critical time (like a contest). I keep two glow plugs ready in my case. 
I have not had any problems with the banana plug, but I use pretty good 
quality gold plated ones. I did not notice any differences in starting 
my planes using the banana plug connectors.

Did you put your solution on your website, I looked but did not see it.

Ray Morton

Bob Pastorello wrote:

> Thought I'd share something borne of frustration at the field.  The 
> twist lock glo connector that didn't.  Of course, I had no spare 
> CONNECTOR, and the Radio South Pro Driver worked flawlessly, as it 
> holds it's charge a LONG time...but... a bad connector renders the 
> best glow driver useless.
>     So - friend Ray Morton sent me a pic of his RS driver that he had 
> modified with banana jacks on the case, and put banana plugs on the 
> glow connector.  My experience with banana plug setups is they loosen, 
> and slide OUT when you need them IN.  So I needed a different solution.
>     Off to Radio Shack - found some very inexpensive "barrel" wire 
> connectors.  Male/Female in a package for $2 that did a battery end, 
> the RS Driver, and THREE glow connectors.  They aren't designed for a 
> high number of disconnects, as they would wear pretty fast.  But - I 
> won't be unplugging unless disaster strikes - then I won't care.
>     Works just fine...and I now have inexpensive redundancy that lets 
> me use the RS Driver primarily.  THAT has it's advantages.
>  
> Just thought I'd share the tip.
>
> Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma
> NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
> rcaerobob at cox.net <mailto:rcaerobob at cox.net>
> www.rcaerobats.net <http://www.rcaerobats.net>
>  
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