What I have found as glow igniters need to be charged on a high quality charger if you dont want them to fail before you need to start your car. I had a problem with the charger supplied with the Hobbico Hot Shot 2 (awesome igniter!) where the charger had to be a certain place on the ingiter or else the red light would turn off, so the car started fine teh first couple of times but my needle settings were off and it took a while to start (lean LSN) so after a while the igniter didnt glow. Charged it up for 5 minutes at 1.5A and it worked a few more times. When I got home I charged it at .5 amps and the 1500mah battery charged to 1638mAh! On a side note, I am using the Protek charger connector with every connector on it. Racers Edge also has one, the Squid, not sure if it has the glow igniter or Traxxas plugs on it though.