10-minute Easy and Reliable Electric Fireworks Igniter

   

       In this instructable, you will learn how to make a very easy and very reliable electric ignition using easy-to-find materials, plus a few tools. Hope you like it and it works for you, Feel free to leave comments or questions and I will try to respond in a timely manner. Sorry for the low-quality photos, they were from my cell phone camera.

Step 1 Step 1 - Gather Materials

Materials You Will Need:

1. Wire (Somewhere around 16 AWG but doesnt matter that much and have about 8-10 feet)

2. Wire strippers (also have crimpers&connectors if you plan to use connectors)

3. electrical tape, if you're not using connectors

4. 12v car jack ****NOTE:**** Make sure that it is only a jack, with no resistors or anything because you will need all the power from your car battery. If you got a spare from an old cell charger rip out the circuit board and just use the wires. If you can't do this, get one from RadioShack

5. any kind of switch

6. alligator clips

7. firecracker/bottle rocket with fuse

Comments

[mattccc]

this is what i use to power these electronic fuses
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/GC-125/12-VOLT-5-AH-GEL-CEL-BATTERY//1.html

[Darrone]

Certainly 50 ft is plenty safe, but would there be any way to use a lantern battery or even smaller Lithium-ion battery as an ignition source?  Aside from not wanting to drain the battery, there are many places this would be useful away from vehicles.

[jules15]

Im not sure darrone, because you have to have a lot of power going through the coil so it can get hot enough and light the fuse and i dont think that will do it. talking about it being away from vehicles, you can buy used motorcycle batteries for pretty good prices look online somewhere or at a surplus store. i actually use my dirtbike to light them

[ilpug]

ive done this by shoving old wires into a lame old maglite... you dont need much power. but the wire is your main issue.

[denry12]

Surely any rechargeable battery with at least 7.2V works well. I know this from experience. Alkaline (and worse) batteries are quite useless at igniting these.