sparkplug shock

[Magice]

i was wondering how much it would hurt to touch tip of sparkplug and have someone turn engine over...

I couldn't even find it on youtube :O

[rockstomper]

i was wondering how much it would hurt to touch tip of sparkplug and have someone turn engine over...

I couldn't even find it on youtube :O

Try it and let us know:oops:

I could not tell you about a small engine but I can tell you that a shock from a Chevy hei will get your :censored: attention real quick:eek: :eek: :eek:

[kibble]

It feels pretty potent, I've gotten hit by them before.

[I like karts]

probably a lot. my 5hp briggs makes a really powerful spark!

[Russ2251]

Better than coffee.

[ed1380]

who hasnt been shocked by their spark plug before?

my parents said they knew someone who'd shut off his car by shorting all the plugs with his hands

[gocartkid]

Yes Russ, better than coffee! Touch it while it's running...it won't hurt/kill you. Anyone ever stuck a 9 volt battery to their tongue? That's what it feels like. HEI hurts the most, I too have done that on a chevy sbc. Scared the :censored: outta me because I didn't know I touched the wire!

[bigbuddy29]

:iagree: :roflol:

[oscaryu1]

It can cause a heart attack if you do it continuously/long enough.

[ed1380]

IIRC like 400millivolts is enough to stop your heart

isnt a heart attack where your coronary arteries/veins get blocked?

[redcali]

IIRC like 400millivolts is enough to stop your heart

isnt a heart attack where your coronary arteries/veins get blocked?

no, a blockage is a stroke.

a heart attack is when your heart seizes.


*im pretty sure..

[ed1380]

last i rememer stroke is blockage of brain.
biology class was last year

but seriously who listened in biology class? :roflol:

[redcali]

i should've as its what i now study:rolleyes3: still, im pretty sure any blockage is a stroke.

[Magice]

ok someone get a video of them holding the tip of a sparkplug electrode while engine is begin turned over on youtube.

[jr dragster Tyler]

why is the end of cl*** blanked out?

[redcali]

because it spells A-ss

and the security settings seemed to have been stepped up about 20 notches to far.

[robertdjung]

hmm... seems like I've got some more testing to do!

[risto]

Yeah the censorship bull**** is ****ing ridiculous.

haha, kidding!

[jr dragster Tyler]

I gues there is a cencored emoticon in there for a reason not some cencoring device. Whos gona test it out? lol...

[gocartkid]

I'll test it! I'll test it!








LOL!

[enel1221]

touching the spark plug will not kill you, maybe like 1 in a trillion chance. its like 30,000 volts but no amps therefore it'll hurt like :censored: but not strong enough to kill you.

[ironman]

i was wondering how much it would hurt to touch tip of sparkplug and have someone turn engine over...

I couldn't even find it on youtube :O

just try it its not that bad;) yea right !

[redcali]

ed you were right, a stroke is in the brain:thumbsup:

[ed1380]

guess i wasnt asleep that day :roflol:

[my_mini_bike]

We've all been zaped at least once..
Havn't we... :oops:

On one of my older engine is has an ex-ternal clip onto the spark plug, and the only way to shut it off is to manually disconect the spark plug lead...
Gets ya everytime. :censored: :censored:

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[Kenny_McCormic]

We've all been zaped at least once..
Havn't we... :oops:

On one of my older engine is has an ex-ternal clip onto the spark plug, and the only way to shut it off is to manually disconect the spark plug lead...
Gets ya everytime. :censored: :censored:

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You need to pull off the flywheel shroud and possibly the flywheel if its points style ignition and add a kill wire. Another way to kill these is to short the plug with a sheet metal flap held down with one of the head bolts.

[gocartkid]

The way I kill engines set up like that is a simple hand over the carb. Provided you don't :censored: up the tune and it doens't backfire, it works well and sure beats being shocked!

[Kenny_McCormic]

The way I kill engines set up like that is a simple hand over the carb. Provided you don't :censored: up the tune and it doens't backfire, it works well and sure beats being shocked!

Thats a good way to wear out an engine, all your doing is flooding it which WASHES THE OIL OFF THE CYLINDER WALLS. Some people on here need to buy a kill switch.

[jr dragster Tyler]

I know I know i've washed down a 2 cycle before but there is oil in the fuel so that just gives it some "after run oil" But washdown on a 4 cycle is EXTREMLY bad.

[gocartkid]

Thats a good way to wear out an engine, all your doing is flooding it which WASHES THE OIL OFF THE CYLINDER WALLS. Some people on here need to buy a kill switch.

Yea I know, but as a temporary or emergency thing it woks. And I just wired up my engine stand for a kill switch so I don't have to do that anymore.

[Magice]

I'm meaning the actual tip of the sparkplug that ignites the mixture. I'm wondering how different it is than the lead.

[jr dragster Tyler]

It all hurts like !@#$ try it for yourself

[Russ2251]

Thats a good way to wear out an engine, all your doing is flooding it which WASHES THE OIL OFF THE CYLINDER WALLS.But washdown on a 4 cycle is EXTREMLY bad.3 of my Briggs engines were designed to be shut off by closing choke. Nothing wrong with this practice.
Choking also tends to pull oil up past rings from crankcase. Kind of a reverse blowby.

[sayre315]

it realy doesnt hurt that bad
you guys ever had those shocking pens that when you try to open it it shocks you?
it feel like that

[Kenny_McCormic]

3 of my Briggs engines were designed to be shut off by closing choke. Nothing wrong with this practice.
Choking also tends to pull oil up past rings from crankcase. Kind of a reverse blowby.

Good point.