The igniter plugs which are the *surface discharge type*, are installed through the combustion

case and into the combustion chamber. Each igniter plug has a center electrode and an outer
electrode which are stored in a case. The center electrode has an *iridium tip* and is the positive
electrode which connects to the inner wire conductor in the ignition leads. The outer electrode is
the negative electrode and connects to the outer conductor in the ignition lead. The two
electrodes are kept apart with a ceramic insulation material. At the tip of the igniter plug,
between the electrodes, there is a *semi-conductor pellet*.

So how long will an igniter plug last? Speaking from personal experience, the answer is eight.
Our original plugs were installed when the engines were brand new in 2008. Eight years later we,
okay me, decided it would be prudent to replace all four of them. Eight months later they have all
failed. So eight years or eight months, *depending on which batch of igniters you got*.

Each engine has two ignitor plugs each powered by a dedicated exciter box. The ignitors are
installed in the combustion chamber to ignite the fuel / air mixture injected into the chamber by
the fuel nozzles and the high pressure compressor. Each ignitor plug provides a high voltage
(1.8kV) pulse of energy supplied by a ignition exciter. The exciters transform 28v direct current
from the aircraft electrical system to a 10 Joule energy pulse routed to the ignitors through
shielded electrical leads. The exciters are mounted side by side beneath the combustion chamber
of the engine. The igniter plugs protrude into the engine combustion lines with the number 1
ignitor located in combustion liner number 4 and the number 2 ignitor in combustion liner
number 8. (The combustion liners are numbered 1 through 10 with number 1 at the top of the
engine and the numbers increasing clockwise when the engine is viewed from the rear.) When
the ignitors are selected on, the exciters send the high voltage pulse to the plugs at a 1 Hz cycle.
When the engine reaches starter disengagement speed (41% N1), ignition is discontinued since
the combustion of the fuel / air mixture is self-sustaining.

Ignition is controlled by the engine FADEC in response to switch commands on the ENGINE
START panel on the cockpit overhead, commands from the FUEL CONTROL, L CONT IGN
and R CONT IGN switches on the cockpit center console, or automatically if the FADEC detects
an engine flameout with the engine running at idle or above.

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