--Pics-- Arc problem?
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Gold Member Username: FrkkevinLake Worth, Texas US Post Number: 1377 Registered: Nov-05 | Just wondering if you think I'll have an arc across the power to the ground.. they are not super close but I want to be on the safe side.   |
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Gold Member Username: RedlinerWilmington, Ma Post Number: 2792 Registered: Jun-05 | u should be fine as long as u dont run some huge power through them( i mean a lot like not the power from a car lol) lol. I used to love doing the arcs in electrical clas in hs |
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Silver Member Username: Teddy21Ann Arbor, MI USA Post Number: 255 Registered: Feb-06 | why dont u just put smome rubber over the medal? |
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Gold Member Username: FrkkevinLake Worth, Texas US Post Number: 1380 Registered: Nov-05 | I can black tape the bolt part but if i were to tape the part where the wire connects the connection would not be as good.. suppose i could cut it to work.. might tape it as a second precaution but the main question was about it arcing.. there is a point where it is about a 1/4" maybe less.. think 14.4volts can art that? |
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Silver Member Username: Audioguy22S.F., Cal. Post Number: 298 Registered: Jul-05 | They wont arc unless the amp smokes. |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1089 Registered: Mar-06 | not a chance of arcing. just look at a spark plug. It takes tens of thousands of volt just to jump the small gap in a plug. |
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Silver Member Username: Wolfman1966WEST MONROE , LOUISIANA USA Post Number: 762 Registered: Jan-06 | tens of thousands??? a spark plug doesn't use that much electricity....I've been shocked once by accidently having my hand on the spark plug when someone spun the mangeto...and yeah, it does hurt, but I don't think it was "tens-of-shousands" of volts. |
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Silver Member Username: WingmanalivePine hill, Nj US Post Number: 660 Registered: Jun-06 | "OZZY FUDD"??????? Are we playing musical chairs with identity? LOL |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1091 Registered: Mar-06 | " the magnetic field causes a surge of high voltage (as much as 40,000 volts) in the coil's secondary windings. The high voltage passes to the distributor, then on to the spark plugs where it jumps the plug gap and fires the plugs." |
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Silver Member Username: Wolfman1966WEST MONROE , LOUISIANA USA Post Number: 763 Registered: Jan-06 | OZZY FUDD.....Kill the Wabbit....love that song |
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Gold Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 1134 Registered: Apr-05 | Its not volts that counts. Its the amperes that hurt. |
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Silver Member Username: Audioguy22S.F., Cal. Post Number: 299 Registered: Jul-05 | Its both! 12 volt car battery has about 500 amps and wont hurt you A 500 volt 12 amp source would kill you. Car coil is 30,000. volts with .001 amps. Wont kill you but bring it up to 1 amp and your dead. |
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Gold Member Username: FrkkevinLake Worth, Texas US Post Number: 1384 Registered: Nov-05 | i may just put a piece of black tape to be safe  |
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Gold Member Username: SouthernrebelMonroe, Louisiana USA Post Number: 3617 Registered: Mar-04 | black tape it and be done 3M bish |
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Silver Member Username: RenegadesrunLafayette, IN US Post Number: 451 Registered: Oct-04 | No issue. If your worried. Liquid tape. |
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Silver Member Username: JohammbassIRL Post Number: 450 Registered: May-06 | NO BLACK TAPE....'cause you will lose BLING BTW & FYI, it's not just the amps or just the volts that count - read my lips girls: IT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOTH - WATTS. Just like in an audio system, getting it loud is not only about large drivers or only about powerful amps it's both. Pls understand that it takes power to kill somebody and power is watts, however, marc is right about the tens of thousands of volts in a spark plug. |
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Silver Member Username: JohammbassIRL Post Number: 451 Registered: May-06 | Oh sh:t and I totally forgot - it WILL NOT ARC. So just leave the bling bling |
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Silver Member Username: Mr_keboAlbertville, Al USA Post Number: 693 Registered: Nov-04 | what kind of termials are those i like the looks of them |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1092 Registered: Mar-06 | Now this is arcing. http://www.penguinslab.com/marx.htm |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86Try Google Post Number: 7689 Registered: Aug-05 | nice |
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Gold Member Username: FrkkevinLake Worth, Texas US Post Number: 1385 Registered: Nov-05 | idk what terminals they are.. later ill look at the packages and post it.. just picked up up at a local audio place.. figured since the amp would be mounted upward i needed something that would put the wire are a 90 degree angle to the amp. i wanted to run straight 1/0 to the amp and this was the only way i could do it due to space limitations.. i was not settling for a short piece of 4 gauge |
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Gold Member Username: RedlinerWilmington, Ma Post Number: 2795 Registered: Jun-05 | if ur worried tape it if ur not leave it lol. But ya it is amps that kill you. But it is under 1 amp that it starts getting serious and fatal all depends on the settings and who it is |
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Silver Member Username: JohammbassIRL Post Number: 458 Registered: May-06 | "But it is under 1 amp that it starts getting serious and fatal all depends on the settings and who it is" ??? |
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Gold Member Username: RedlinerWilmington, Ma Post Number: 2798 Registered: Jun-05 | talking about injury from amperage |
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Bronze Member Username: CcdoggyPost Number: 71 Registered: Jul-06 | It takes the Voltage to go through you're body. higher voltage means it will overcome the reisitance in you're body easier and allow more amperage through. It takes only 100mA to stop your heart. http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2003/12/29/amps_vs_volts/ |
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