What the hell is going on with this ignitor?

"TheOnelectronic" (theoneelectronic) 04/11/2016 at 14:12 • Filed to: None

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Off a 96 ZX900B. The others I found have the same thing to varying degrees. Looks and feels like gravel poking up from inside.

jimz > TheOnelectronic 04/11/2016 at 14:16

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looks like those things run hot and cook the potting epoxy.

bob and john > TheOnelectronic 04/11/2016 at 14:17

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looks like its heating up and melting the plastic...

crowmolly > TheOnelectronic 04/11/2016 at 14:20

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Thermal failure.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheOnelectronic 04/11/2016 at 14:21

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It’s totally chocolate now. You should bite it.

Mattbob > jimz 04/11/2016 at 14:26

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I thought the same thing, but with those irregular shapes, maybe it’s some kind of non conductive potting filler to save on epoxy.

garagemonkee > Mattbob 04/11/2016 at 15:00

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In the same vein as JimZ, it seems like when they made them they didn’t degass the potting material, so it had airbubbles that rose to the top while it was curing.

Frank Grimes > TheOnelectronic 04/11/2016 at 16:53

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Neurofibromatosis?

TheOnelectronic > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/11/2016 at 17:28

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Tested: Tastes more like oranges.

TheOnelectronic > bob and john 04/11/2016 at 17:29

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It’s not just melted plastic, it definitely looks and feels like tiny stones. What’s odd is that every example I found on ebay had the same thing, although none as extensive as ours.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheOnelectronic 04/11/2016 at 17:48

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In seriousness, it’s probably chips of waste plastic that they used to pad out the potting epoxy, or something. Filler.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > TheOnelectronic 04/12/2016 at 22:31

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Bad things.