[Spridgets] Electronic Ignition

[Michael Rowe]

>Maybe it was only the earlier versions that had a tendency to fail.

Early failure is characteristic of electronic gadgets.  If they are weak, 
they tend to fail right away.  If not, they last a very long time.  I've had 
this experience with computers.  I tend now to buy factory recondition 
gadgets because they have been used long enough to reveal whatever 
weaknesses got them returned, and I believe they get inspected better than 
new units.

This doesn't always work, however.  I just returned a tankless hot water 
heater that fell apart when I took it out of the box.  It was clear that 
someone had started working on it, left it for some reason, and someone else 
thought it was done and reboxed it.

Michael Rowe
Long Island, NY