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I got heat! It took a little experimentation, but I got the igniter fixed. I ended up using 20ga nichrome wire. I initially tried 40 wraps around a 1/4" rod, but that seemed to be too cool with the air blowing by it (took forever to fire, and didn't like to stay fired), so I shortened it to...

494F hopefully that means an igniter running somewhere around there will suffice, I'll shoot for a deal hotter tho, since that shouldn't bother the wire or cause any ignition problems. I may have to experiment a bit before I seal up the repaired igniter. I did manage to get the burned up...

Unfortunately the wire broke off flush with the ceramic. I wondered about using nichrome, but was hoping for the easy solution of a replacement part... I checked out some of the specs on nichrome and found a diameter that is about what I've got now. But I'm not sure what temperature I'll need...

Now that it is getting cold & snowy here in colorado I decided to try to figure out why my arctic heater doesn't heat. I've got a Benmar I got off ebay a while ago. To make life easier I pulled it off the truck so I could work on it on the bench. Much to my amazement it actually fired up on...