RE: Ceramic Igniter and ECU battery
My Super Bee came with a 2600 mAh Li-Ion 2 cell, 7.4v battery. When I sent my ICS to Eric for upgrade to use the ceramic plug Eric told me to use a 4 cell as 2 cell could not handle the draw of the ceramic plug.
Now using 4 cell, 7.4v, 5200 mAh Li-Ion battery.
My problem - I have not been able to start turbine using the on board propane can. I wanted to start turbine using a new gas valve (non-regulated) to fill on board can and thought that the 7.1v on battery would be enough to start.
After a few tries and getting a low bettery message I emailed Eric and he told me to watch voltage on the HDT during start sequence.
Being new to turbines and taking Eric's advice I then realized that the 1.2 or so volt draw of the ceramic plug was causing voltage to drop below the 6v cutoff.
Charged battery fully and Super Bee started and ran perfectly. BTW new propane valve filled the on board can.