Lisle Spark Indicator

[Fierofool]

If you have to do it in the dark, save some money and use a trigger sprayer bottle full water. Leaking plug wires show up very well.

[GTRS Fiero]

That works every time, but only for leaking spark.

[Wreck It Ralph]

The thicker the insulation the dimmer it is. Plus if the coils are weak then that will affect it as well.

[GTRS Fiero]

A neighbor used to have cows that thought the grass was greener on the other side of the electric fence.  This neighbor had a fence that pulsed.  Every time the pulse came through, the cows' knees would buckle.  When I got sparked by the car, I was smart enough to move away.  On the knee-buckle-meter, there qas plenty of spark.

Lisle sent me a video.  In all their examples, testing was done in the dark.

[Wreck It Ralph]

My old shop resembles a bit of a dungeon so maybe I'm just remembering it brighter because it was always dark. I haven't used it in some time.

Also if you are brave enough you can find bad insulation with wet hands. and maybe that's why I am not right in the head?

[Fierofool]

See my signature.  As a kid, I was #3. 

[GTRS Fiero]

Reading the comments on this product, apparently the prior version worked.

[GTRS Fiero]

The thicker the insulation the dimmer it is. Plus if the coils are weak then that will affect it as well.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't leaking spark a bad thing?

[Fierofool]

It is, but this tool is supposed to show if the wire is getting spark and the intensity of the spark, through a good sheath. If there were heavy carbon tracking inside the cap that was robbing spark from a wire, it should show that weaker or no-spark condition.  The similar style tester that Wreck It Ralph showed in his link actually has a filament or bulb visible in the image.   

[GTRS Fiero]

Did I miss his link?

[Fierofool]

I cant find it, but the image that came up had a pink end where you place it against the wire.  It wasn't a Lisle and cost 2x as much.

[Wreck It Ralph]

The link was in another thread. Can’t remember which one.

[GTRS Fiero]

I looked back on your posts, but did not see that.

I've seen the one with a pink tip.  Looks like some sort of ladies' accessory.  Apparently, the Lisle one worked, when it had the anodized tip.

[Roger]

I've had one of those for 50 years. Still works. I like some of the 'test' suggestions tho. Sounds like a drug-free cure for what ails ya!

[GTRS Fiero]

50 years ago, we had quality products.  My, how things change.

Roger, you might want to either move the comma before the conjunction, or add a 't' to the conjunction, and change the comma (,) to a semi-colon (; ), in your signature.