You'r asking some of the same questions I had. I keep asking people about it and found someone with a phisics back ground. The ignition is not an issue. Timeing can affect the burn of course. What seems to be most improtant is amount or H with ignition at the right time. It will work but not as well if your timeing is off.
Looking and reading on the web link why do they think that plates between the pos. and negative that are connected to neither are going to help? I'll have to ask a few physics people about that one.
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