ends 30 of the coil 14 radiate and or conduct a substantial portion of the heat contained therein to the surrounding air and to the ends 28 of the rods 12 to which they are attached by radiating and or conducting such heat the oppositely disposed ends 30 of the coil 14 are at a lower operating temperature than the coil turns and thus typically do not sag and or deform because the heat is concentrated in the innermost coil turns any coil sag and or deformation is minimized and does not adversely affect igniter performance it should be further noted that the coil 14 of wire can be immersed in the resulting flame without any adverse effects and readily operates within same referring now to fig9 a perspective view of a typical gas collector box 40 showing the attachment of the hot wire igniter 10 of the present invention thereto is illustrated the gas collector box 40 is comprised of a housing 42 and a mounting bracket 44 attached thereto an aperture 46 is provided in the mounting bracket 44 gas collector box 40 has an opening shown generally by the numeral 48 thereto the bottom surface 50 of gas collector box 40 has an aperture not shown therein the hot wire igniter 10 of the present invention is.