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Fuse Testing

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As of lately I've been having quite a bit of fuse issues, lighting the fuse and it simply going out, etc..And this wasn't no homemade crap, commercial fuse from www.CannonFuse.com . The problem was this: Me going out on the field with a device, lighting the fuse and after a bit, nothing. This can be quite annoying when you're out with some friends and they are expecting to see something cool.

 

So I took 2x four different 3inch pieces of fuse, one pile was the control, the other was the variable group. Here are the fuses before and the control burn tests.

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/asota_2006/Pyro/P1020370.jpg

 

Control [untouched] burn tests:

 

Green Falling Leaves 3mm

 

Red Flying Fish 2.2mm

 

Silver Flying Fish 1.8mm

 

Chinese Visco 2.2mm

 

Then I roughened the fuse up a bit, bending, twisting, pulling, hitting and just about everything you can think of.

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/asota_2006/Pyro/P1020371.jpg

 

Here are the chewed up fuses, the Visco held up the best, likely because of its NC coating holding the fibers together.

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/asota_2006/Pyro/P1020373.jpg

 

The falling leaves was on the pint of falling apart with all of it unraveling.

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/asota_2006/Pyro/P1020374.jpg

 

 

 

Well here are the videos of the finished product:

 

Green Falling Leaves

 

Red Flying Fish

 

Silver Flying Fish

 

Chinese Visco

 

 

 

So the Visco in my case is the most reliable, and so is the falling leaves, but that doesnt burn that reliably. I suppose the best fuse considering durability would be the 3mm Chinese Visco or the 3mm heavy coated Amercan Visco.

 

 

 

So lesson is, use the appropriate fuse for the appropriate task, and don't let your dogs chew on your shell leaders. :P

 

Stay safe!

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Swede

Swede 21

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Hi Ventsi, nice test. There are a few pyrotechnic components that I like to hoard, because I wonder about future availability, and fuse is one of them. I've bought a lot of the Chinese fuse from cannonfuse, and I've always been happy with it. I think that the cheaper, thinner fuses are far more prone to moisture than the heavier viscos. How do you store your fuse?

 

The method I finally arrived at was to use giant freezer ziploc bags, carefully labeled, for the various fuse types, and these all go into a big surplus ammo can with a dessicant pack. They stay nice and fresh... you get that whiff of clean NC/pyro goodness when you pop the lid.

 

Thanks for the excellent info.

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angelluis

angelluis 6

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Thanks for the info Im about to buy some from cannon fuse myself.Now I know what to look for.
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