Electronic Detonator

Step 4 Making the hookup wire

This step is very simple and only takes a couple of minutes. Before you begin, decide how you want to store the wire, if you want to keep it wrapped around the spool or if you will just wrap it around the detonator. I just wrap it around the detonator, but it seems more authentic if you leave it on the spool.

Steps:

1. If you are wrapping it around the detonator, just unravel all of the wire off the spool, strip an inch from both wires on each end, connect the 1/4" mono plug the same way as the other plug, and connect the alligator clips to the other end.

2. If you are keeping the wire on the spool, unravel all of it, strip an inch from both wires on each end, feed about a foot of the wire through the hole on the spool (As shown in the diagram) and out the hole in the top. Then wrap the long part of the wire around the spool and attatch the plug and the alligator clips (The plug goes on the foot long piece comming out of the top of the spool and the alligator clips go on the end of the wire wrapped around the spool)

Now you are ready to set everything up.

Comments

[afreeland]

 Do you have to worry about polarity with the input plug?  I have everything working properly (safety switch, LED, Push button, etc..) ....however, If I were to place a wire connecting both alligator clips it short circuits and turns off my LED and my voltage drops to zero, and nothing happens...is this because I soldered them incorrectly to the input plug?  If anyone knows please reply, thanx =)

[Bryan Jarboe]

hey - thats my idea... (I used the same set up for my rocket ignition system) I guess great minds think alike. I used 1/8" stereo jacks, with alligator clips on the other ends, only i have another connection between the clip and the jack (so when the clip gets chard or melted i dont have to clip the wire - just replace the end) And i wind mine up on a spool to store it - only difference is i have a red LED and 2 safety switches that each run to separate rockets. (oh, and I have the same exact model of 1/8" jacks) And I built all of mine in while in Russia...

[robodud3]

i like ur aligator clips very nice