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  2. Auto reignition - Wikipedia

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    wait for ignition, typically 0.5 to 2 seconds; turn burner knob past lite position, to stop the sparking noise and burning out the ignition electrode, to a desired flame intensity; One implementation of a gas burner with auto reignition senses the electrical conductivity of the flame.

  3. Pyrotechnic initiator - Wikipedia

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    In pyrotechnics, a pyrotechnic initiator (also initiator or igniter) is a device containing a pyrotechnic composition used primarily to ignite other, more difficult-to-ignite materials, such as thermites, gas generators, and solid-fuel rockets. The name is often used also for the compositions themselves.

  4. Capacitor discharge ignition - Wikipedia

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    Capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) or thyristor ignition is a type of automotive electronic ignition system which is widely used in outboard motors, motorcycles, lawn mowers, chainsaws, small engines, gas turbine-powered aircraft, and some cars.

  5. Piezo ignition - Wikipedia

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    A piezo igniter element from a typical lighter. Piezo ignition is a type of ignition that is used in portable camping stoves, gas grills and some lighters. [1] Piezo ignition uses the principle of piezoelectricity, which is the electric charge that accumulates in some materials in response to mechanical deformation.

  6. Pilot light - Wikipedia

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    Now it is more common to light a burner electrically, but gas pilot lights are still used when a high energy ignition source is necessary, as in when lighting a large burner. A United States patent was filed May 13, 1922, for a "safety gas-control system" by two employees of the Newark, New Jersey–based Public Service Gas Company, Conrad ...

  7. The Hoover Company - Wikipedia

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    The Hoover Company is a home appliance company founded in Ohio, United States, in 1908.It also established a major base in the United Kingdom, where it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry during most of the 20th century, to the point where the Hoover brand name became synonymous with vacuum cleaners and vacuuming in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

  8. Ignition system - Wikipedia

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    As batteries became more common in cars (due to the increased usage of electric starter motors), magneto systems were replaced by systems using an induction coil.The 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen and the 1908 Ford Model T used a trembler coil ignition system, whereby the trembler interrupted the current through the coil and caused a rapid series of sparks during each firing.

  9. Candy (company) - Wikipedia

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    Candy is an Italian domestic appliance maker and is a subsidiary of Chinese multinational home appliances company Haier.It is based in Brugherio, near Milan.. Candy's appliances are better known through their continued marketing of the Hoover and Kelvinator brands.