ORIGINAL: av8tor1977
...This is done to make them "idiot proof"....
...They are designed to do this, and survive!
Thanks, I see your point and cannot disagree.
ORIGINAL: av8tor1977
Finally, I have heard that leaving the "glow heat" (battery) connected to a glow plug will decrease it's life, but I have no direct experience with this.
Do you run your engnes on gas/glow fuel or gas only?
RC engine's glow plug is very fragile, and maybe the heating element is running to hot, that why it breaks. Maybe something like "on-board glow driver" will be more usefull as it would regulate the current and keep the temperature of the glow element within the reasonable range.