Remote Glow

[Peter Pennisi]

Keith, 

 

The reason I suspect it will no longer stay ON is because the hole in the
fitting has worn. Have a look at it and you will notice the hole has
probably elongated because of excessive movement. This is the reason I use
the silicon around the connector to keep the fitting from moving against the
engine. You want the fitting to move with the engine. The technique also
protects the plug shaft. I have seen a glow plug fail with the centre
section falling out. This was a result of the additional weight on the plug
shaft.

 

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From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Keith Black
Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 4:34 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: Remote Glow

 

I personally didn't have good luck with the Tettra. As others have suggested
I bought both the Hanger 9 and the Tettra and replaced the Hanger 9  glow
connector with the Tettra. This worked fine until I had to remove it a
couple of times. After that it would no longer stay clipped on. I tried
adjusting the spring that grabs the top of the glow plug, but I could never
again get it to stay on. I have a never used Tettra glow connector that I
compared to the older one to make sure that the spring was still correctly
in place and I could see nothing wrong.

 

After this I went back to the Hanger 9 connector (that I'd removed in the
first place) and it's been working fine, but I only have around 30 flights
on it. 

 

BTW, Art Wagner makes some glow connectors that seem to work great. I'll be
trying one of those next.

 

Keith

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Tony Stillman <mailto:tony at radiosouthrc.com>  

To: discussion at nsrca.org 

Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:28 AM

Subject: Re: Remote Glow

 

Nat:
The best one seems to be the Tettra connector.  I used the Hanger 9 remote
kit and installed the Tettra connector on it.

 

Tony Stillman
Radio South
3702 N. Pace Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32505
1-800-962-7802
www.radiosouthrc.com

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Nat <mailto:natpenton at centurytel.net>  Penton 

To: discussion at nsrca.org 

Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:49 PM

Subject: Remote Glow

 

I installed my first remote glow connector and the glow wire broke after
about a dozen flights, also the McDaniels unit will not handle most popular
foriegn plugs and some sold as domestic brands. Is there a satisfactory
solution for soft mounted engines ?

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