i3dm

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Hello guys,

Im looking at a kerop start plug (jetcat instance but i guess it doesnt matter) and im wondering if anybody knows how the ceramic element (heater) works. is it just a resistive element inside a ceramic body?

the plug gets current like any glow plug from the top pin, which goes inside the ceramic body, and then current flown back through the engine's body (ground.

is there a heater / resistor element inside the ceramic body?
a phyisically oriented explaination would be great, if anybody has one.

thanks.

toto44

http://crystaltechnica.com/product-c...y/microturbine

i3dm

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that is actually a very usefyl link as im trying to learn the subject in order to repair a damaged heater.
do you know which heater from that link is used on the Jetcat instance?

toto44

Sorry, I do not know the specific JC one, but I am pretty sure it is one of these.
basically it is a ceramic resistor.