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Re: [VAL] Furnace igniter



At 20:01 10/12/2007 -0400, you wrote:

>I'd mix up a tiny amount of JB Weld; then with the coffee stirrers,
>I'd carefully coat the two ceramic posts where the electricity is
>escaping around the base of the posts; wait a day for the epoxy to
>dry and then connect the igniter wires and test it.

Terry,
In general your theory sounds good excepting for using JB Weld.   JB Weld 
being an epoxy and most epoxies failing at elevated temperatures, mainly 
crumbling about 300-400 degrees F, I'd look for something other than JB 
Weld to coat the insulators...
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TNX, 73, Mitch Hill - K1FH