Igniter Heaven

[smwilliamson]

Finally a flash website I really like. I just sent a quote for a Whitfield Igniter.

http://cartridge-heater-online.com/cartridge-heater-configurator.php

 

[tjnamtiw]

That's very well done!

 

[Don2222]

Hello Scott

Nice site.

In a Sept 2009 Travis Service Bulletin, they announced a change in their stove's Igniters from 250 Watt to 200 Watt to increase the longevity of their igniters. This allowed Travis to warrenty their igniters for 2 years and tests show they last alot longer.

Can you specify the wattage on this site?

Do you recommend reducing the wattage of igniters on stoves with problem igniters?

 

[smwilliamson]

Hello Scott

Nice site.

In a Sept 2009 Travis Service Bulletin, they announced a change in their stove's Igniters from 250 Watt to 200 Watt to increase the longevity of their igniters. This allowed Travis to warrenty their igniters for 2 years and tests show they last alot longer.

Can you specify the wattage on this site?

Do you recommend reducing the wattage of igniters on stoves with problem igniters?

The wattage makes little difference in the overall final temp of the heater, except that it gets to that temp quicker with a higher wattage. Ultimately, using a cartridge heater to igniter wood is a bit overkill. You do not need 1200 °F of heat to start combustion. The longer a heater stays blarin hot, the less life the heater has. Cooling the heater down at a steady rate as close to ignition as possible will extend the life.

You get to pick what watts you want your heater to be from the site.

Enviro uses 400w, Whitfield, 300w, Harman 306w, Quad 380w, who knows what the right watt heater really is or why they change from this or that. I'm guessing a 200w and 250w igniter would have about the same life under the same use.