A 10 ohm quarter watt resistor is used as a smoke cookie igniter by applying 12V across it, which causes it to ignite.
(Note the use of a traditional quarter watt, 10 ohm carbon film resistor. These burn better than metal film ones.)

6 thoughts on “Resistor ignited smoke cookie.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars sikandar shaikh says:

    how much time it take to ignite

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bigclivedotcom says:

    @misterroboto You'd be better with a beefy high current battery pack like 8 x AA cells to supply enough current to smoke the resistor. You could theoretically use something like a glow plug, but the very nature of pyrotechnic compounds means that they have a strong oxidising effect on any igniting element. Quarter watt resistors are less than a cent each, so they can be treated as a consumable.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Humxn says:

    And yet so strangely pleasing!

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bigclivedotcom says:

    10 ohms not 10K. The 9V batteries might have too high an internal impedance to supply the required current. Use a beefier 12V supply.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bigclivedotcom says:

    That's nothing compared to the smell of the smoke cookie!

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars macdude72 says:

    The commentary is the best… "So easy… Yet so strangely pleasing." That's gold, man! GOLD!

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