What is the ideal voltage to a spark plug?

[nodrog:Me]

fuck off and do your nerd search somewhere else and leave this place to the grown ups

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEdDMQZaCU

[ellipsis]

...and that was right on cue, too...

[bogan]

What voltage would that be .. ??

The one which is enough to create an electrical path through it. Can be pretty low if the leads are in manky condition. And of course if it gets lower than the spark voltage, then you got a big problem.

The thing is, voltage caused damage is rather instant because it is concentrated heat buildup on a very very small site <0.001mm3 of insulation sorta size (why condensors make points last so much longer); while current caused damage take much longer by comparison, as it builds up heat on a much larger scale. With HT leads the duty cycle and current are far far to small to do damage by the latter method.

Sometimes knowing you know slightly more than not much is much more dangerous than knowing you don't know much at all

[jellywrestler]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEdDMQZaCU

you've lost weight since they filmed that

[nodrog:Me]

you've lost weight since they filmed that

I called jenny.

[jellywrestler]

I called jenny.

more like she's on your speed dial!

[nodrog:Me]

more like she's on your speed dial!

What? Some fat bitch is on my throttle?

[FJRider]

fuck off and do your nerd search somewhere else and leave this place to the grown ups

So ... why are you here then ... ??

[FJRider]

The one which is enough to create an electrical path through it. Can be pretty low if the leads are in manky condition. And of course if it gets lower than the spark voltage, then you got a big problem.

The thing is, voltage caused damage is rather instant because it is concentrated heat buildup on a very very small site <0.001mm3 of insulation sorta size (why condensors make points last so much longer); while current caused damage take much longer by comparison, as it builds up heat on a much larger scale. With HT leads the duty cycle and current are far far to small to do damage by the latter method.

Sometimes knowing you know slightly more than not much is much more dangerous than knowing you don't know much at all

Translation ... you don't know ..

[bogan]

Translation ... you don't know ..

Of course not, in new leads it would be well over 50kV, as the leads age and get manky it would decrease, if they are installed improperly it would decrease, etc etc. How could you possibly expect me to give a single number for what is clearly a sliding scale? I mean you may as well try and give us an exactly figure for amperage which would damage them as per your 'theory'

[FJRider]

Of course not, in new leads it would be well over 50kV, as the leads age and get manky it would decrease, if they are installed improperly it would decrease, etc etc. How could you possibly expect me to give a single number for what is clearly a sliding scale? I mean you may as well try and give us an exactly figure for amperage which would damage them as per your 'theory'

I would suggest Google is your friend ... but my guess is you have no friends ... good luck with that ...

[bogan]

I would suggest Google is your friend ... but my guess is you have no friends ... good luck with that ...

*sighs, anyone else with fond memories of when the mech sections focused on mech issues instead of mental issues?

[FJRider]

*sighs, anyone else with fond memories of when the mech sections focused on mech issues instead of mental issues?

I've never much worried about YOUR problems ...

[Kickaha]

*sighs, anyone else with fond memories of when the mech sections focused on mech issues instead of mental issues?

It was heavily moderated to keep it like that, anything not connected to the topic was PDed

[husaberg]

It was heavily moderated to keep it like that, anything not connected to the topic was PDed

Heavy moderation?