Why is an HT lead called an HT lead?

[Steam]

HT lead, stands for High Tension lead, right? The electrical cable that takes the power to your sparkplug.
So why is it called a High Tension lead? Where's the tension? I don't see no stinkin tension.
Tension implies something is stretched tightly, the opposite of compression.:scratch:
Maybe it means something different in electrickery-speak.

[Fatjim]

Hold on to it when the bike is running. You'll know all about tension then.

[jrandom]

'Tension', in this case, is a synonym for voltage (http://www.engineering-timelines.com/how/electricity/definitions.asp).

[Bass]

I suspect (no proof whatsoever) that it's a hangover from National Grid type transmission lines which while being high voltage, are also pulled up to "High Tension".
As with many other like situations, all high voltage lines have become colloquialised to high tension ones.

[breakaway]

Because HIGH TENSION sounds better than HIGH VOLTAGE :girlfight:

[marty]

because one of the meanings of the word 'tension' is voltage, potential, or electromotive force?

[Sully60]

Because HIGH TENSION sounds better than HIGH VOLTAGE :girlfight:

Yeah, you'd be right. But.......

High
Tension
Rock n Roll


It just doesn't have the same ring to it now does it!

[jrandom]

It just doesn't have the same ring to it now does it!

There's an apostrophe in your signature which shouldn't be there.

[ManDownUnder]

There's an apostrophe in your signature which shouldn't be there.

And ironically there's one missing from yours...

[jrandom]

And ironically there's one missing from yours...

mikey is an unsung and tormented genius. I wouldn't dream of diluting his oeuvre with crass sub-editing.

[ManDownUnder]

mikey is an unsung and tormented genius. I wouldn't dream of diluting his oeuvre with crass sub-editing.

No argument there - I was just enjoying the irony.

[Sully60]

There's an apostrophe in your signature which shouldn't be there.

Thanks Katm..
I mean jrandom, couldn't be mucking up the fine standards of grammar that seems to be the norm on KB!

[jrandom]

Thanks Katm...

katman spells his name with an initial lowercase letter.

:)

[GaZBur]

And ironically there's one missing from yours...
And ironcally ther is a spellink errer in you's one. I have deliberately pud typos in hair coz it covers up my occidental ones.

[Hitcher]

This thread has become a BDOTGNZA wet dream. The Enforcement & Compliance Unit has slipped out for a few quiets.

[ManDownUnder]

And ironcally ther is a spellink errer in you's one. I have deliberately pud typos in hair coz it covers up my occidental ones.

Very cool - thanks! :niceone:

Fixed now.

[GaZBur]

This thread has become a BDOTGNZA wet dream. The Enforcement & Compliance Unit has slipped out for a few quiets.
Does this mean I am in trouble for being off topic? What is BDOTGNZA?



Very cool - thanks! :niceone:

Fixed now.
Even more ironically - there is now another spelling mistake that either wasn't there before or I missed the first time.

Just to say something remotely on topic to appear interested - I was a bit sleepy one morning and grabbed at the HT cables instead of the choke. The difference is quite shocking!

[ManDownUnder]

Does this mean I am in trouble for being off topic? What is BDOTGNZA?

The KB way of spelling grammar and spelling Nazis



Even more ironically - there is now another spelling mistake that either wasn't there before or I missed the first time.

No - quite right it wasn't there before, but if I simply added a correction without a corresponding error both sides of the signature would no longer be in balance.


Just to say something remotely on topic to appear interested - I was a bit sleepy one morning and grabbed at the HT cables instead of the choke. The difference is quite shocking!

Aaaa yes... you need Big Dave's thread DAMHIK (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=62708)...

[jrandom]

The KB way of spelling grammar and spelling Nazis

Yes.

The Brave Defenders Of The Great New Zealand Arse.

As opposed to ass, which is a four-legged beast of burden.

Hitcher is President, and I am involved in some sort of ill-defined subsidiary enforcement capacity.

Rule #1 of the BDOTGNZA Charter states:

"All meetings of the BDOTGNZA shall involve single malt Scotch whisky."

[Paul in NZ]

HT (High tension) dates back to the old days....

A coil would have a low tension side (12V) and a high tension side (lotsa volts). Coil ignition was pretty new fangled at one stage and even into the early 60's competition bikes used magento ignition so some terms came over from engineeering.

Think of power pylons - they are still called high tension lines....

[Hitcher]

Hitcher is President, and I am involved in some sort of ill-defined subsidiary enforcement capacity.

Rule #1 of the BDOTGNZA Charter states:

"All meetings of the BDOTGNZA shall involve single malt Scotch whisky."

Enforcement is a necessary evil. Mr jrandom has "ways and means" that shall remain enigmatically mysterious. And rightfully so. There are many things best left unspoken.

Rule #2 of the BDOTGNZA Charter condones the consumption of approved types of pizza with the single malt Scotch.

Rule #3 sets certain necessary minimum standards for hand-maidens connected with Rules #1, #2 and #12.

Rule #4 relates to membership qualification (by invitation only)

[WRT]

Rule #1 of the BDOTGNZA Charter states:

"All meetings of the BDOTGNZA shall involve single malt Scotch whisky."

I'm starting to look at the BDOTGNZA a bit differently. I always thought you were just anal wankers, but now I see you are actually anal wankers with style.

[jrandom]

anal wankers...

A fascinating subject (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2007/7/23/204244/127) in its own right.

[WRT]

A fascinating subject (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2007/7/23/204244/127) in its own right.

I'm not sure I'd call it fascinating . . . certainly sounds messy however.

[GaZBur]

A fascinating subject (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2007/7/23/204244/127) in its own right.

Can I take it for granted that this is a link that if I click it will make the content police here at work happy that they have a pervert that needs to be fired due to accessing questionable material from a work computer? At least you made it plain what the link may be attached to but I hope all others at least make questionable content links obvious for those of us who should be working not wasting time on the net!

If a work admin is reading this its called "reasearch on the topic of social networking - the sites and uses of online forums"
for a paper we are giving in summer school!

[jrandom]

... make the content police here at work happy that they have a pervert that needs to be fired due to accessing questionable material from a work computer?

It's an article (no pictorial material) entitled 'An Introduction to Anal Masturbation'.

Whilst it's obviously not work related, neither is this thread on KB, so you are presumably already operating within your employer's guidelines about personal internet use.

The textual content of the article violates no NZ censorship legalities, and reading it on your screen cannot possibly relate to the typical clauses in employment contracts about displaying offensive material.

So, no, I don't think an NSFW warning is required.