Jet engine start : ignitors

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Published on February 29, 2008 4:43:39 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJze6eUf5E

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Second start of the Olympus at S&S Turbines in Fort St John, BC, Canada.

Sequence: starter - ignitors - fuel.

Fuel before ignitors equals explosion or fire.

I included this rear view because you can hear the zapping of the ignitors.
They are similar to spark plugs, but with 2-3 times the voltage, and much higher current.
You get an idea how powerful the spark is by the noise they make...

This engine struggles from light-off to idle with a tremendous low-frequency sound that had tools jumping on our workbench.
The camera's mic was so overwhelmed that all you can hear is distortion.

Next Olympus we test, I'll try to record it clearly.