Reply To: Johnson HS39 carbon rods and springs

[Buccaneer]

Back in high school shop in the 70’s, one of our projects was to make
a carbon rod “torch”, for lack of a better term.
You’d hook it up to a 12 volt car battery and the carbon would get red hot.
It worked great for unsoldering heavy duty connections like generator fields.
Anyway, the carbon rod we recycled from old “D” flashlight batteries.
If memory serves me correct, they were about 1/4″ diameter, and of course
about as long as the battery.
Not sure if they’d work for the Johnson magneto or not, and I have no
idea what’s inside of a modern battery!

Prepare to be boarded!