Talon Electric Ignitor Clip Question

[FRWKSFAN1]

I'm using a remote firing system for the 1st time. I've practiced with some regular visco fuse. I cut the fuse at a 45 degree angle, to expose some of the black powder, and clipped it head on to the front tip of the fuse. I had only 1 that did not ignite the fuse. A friend of mine said that he always clips the talon onto the side of the visco and doesn't mess with exposing any of the black powder and has had great results. What is the recommended method?

[Northern Sky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DGZOi-K2sM&feature=player_embedded#!

Above is a video from Cobra Firing Systems and Scott Smith demonstrating how this is done.

[Backyard Pyro]

With the talon igniters they are designed to clip on the side. Most people choke up on the fuse for faster ignition. You might wanna try falcon igniters their design is made for clipping the igniter to the end of the fuse. Hope this helps..

[valpoboom]

I used the Talon this year and had no prblem with them. I did as the video showed Northern Sky posted and choked them up on the fuse for almost instant firing. I also tested the newer version of those igniters and they work well. Only draw back is you cannot choke up on the fuse and it slows you down if your are trying to time items better. As long as you have enough power/amps to your system and not overloading each que you don't have to mess with cutting into fuse.

[Northern Sky]

Make sure that if you are firing more that one talon at a time you wire them in parallel not in series, more than likely only one will fire on the cue.

[FRWKSFAN1]

Thanks for everyone's advice. Very helpful and appreciated. Northern Sky, please elaborate on your statement "Make sure that if you are firing more that one talon at a time you wire them in parallel not in series, more than likely only one will fire on the cue. "
This may have been my problem.

[Northern Sky]

Here is an indepth explanation:http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_5/1.html

Parallel Circuit
http://sub.allaboutcircuits.com/images/00083.png

Series Circuit
http://sub.allaboutcircuits.com/images/00082.png

Parallel wiring is how plugs are wired in tour house. +to+ -to- both wires are connected to the terminals. Series wiring has one wire from two separate talons and the remaining wire connected to each other.

In series if one talon pops before the the other/s (which happens regularly) the circuit is broken and the remaining talons will not fire.

I hope this helps.


Thanks for everyone's advice. Very helpful and appreciated. Northern Sky, please elaborate on your statement "Make sure that if you are firing more that one talon at a time you wire them in parallel not in series, more than likely only one will fire on the cue. "
This may have been my problem.