Remote glow driver help
 

Hi all. I need a remote glow driver and would like to try to build it my self. I was hoping I could get some ideas on the best way to make the dummy glow plug end . Some picks would be nice.

Thanks P.J

Remote glow driver help
 

You can put an eye lug on the ground lead and bolt it on using the the engine mounting bolts. The other end can simply be a small loop of wire with a kink in it that clips on the glow plug post.

At the other end you can use an 1/8" headphone jack. I don't know the actual name of it. The system is very easy to make, inexpensive and reliable. I couldn't begin to tell you how to make a head-lock type glow plug clip. If that's what you want, you may as well buy a commercially made unit.

Remote glow driver help
 

If you don't want to add a 'plug', just run your wires to 2 separate machine screws on your a/c somewhere and using alagator clips on the wires from your flight box, just clip to each bolt to heat the plug.

Remote glow driver help
 

smchale - I'm not understanding what you're saying. It sounds like you're shorting the wires through the engine. ???

Remote glow driver help
 

not sure if i am explaining it very well. my flight box has a +'ve and a -'ve jack. into that goes red and black bananna plugs from aligator clips...i also have one made up that goes into a spring loaded glow plug attachment, and a third clip made up for 1/2a glow heads. anyways, on the a/c I have one wire going from the glow plug to the outside of the a/c, and another going from a bolt holding the engine to the mount to the outside of the a/c. the glow goes to the positive aligator clip and the ground goes to the negative alagator clip.

Remote glow driver help
 

Here's one way:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...mote+glow+plug

Here's another thread:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...mote+glow+plug]

Remote glow driver help
 

OK, that's pretty much what I was trying to say as well. From your last post I thought you were saying you could hook up the positive to some bolt on the engine and the negative to another bolt on the engine and it would all work. Obviously that wouldn't work which is why I asked. :)

Remote glow driver help
 

Many thanks for all the great suggestions. I think i should be able to hook something up.

P.J