<VV> Dormant engine (spark)

[Smitty]

Smitty- Not to make too big of a deal out of this, but it takes thousands of 
VOLTS, not amps to properly
and reliably light the highly compressed mixture in an engine, and a spindly 
blue spark will run a
engine and a fat yellow one wont!! It takes literally MILLIONS of volts and 
only a couple of amps
at most to make a spark jump a few feet in air and make some noise, and it 
will be blue, and not orange
or yellow. A properly functioning coil will make a BLUE spark, a bad one, if 
it sparks at all, will be YELLOW.
Sorry for trying to help.
Kevin Nash
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Smitty says;    Kevin any attempt to help is welcome.  It just might be the 
magic number that makes the difference with my problem  I am not so sure of 
myself that I would a point on a lot of things without checking the facts 
again.  I read your post and got up and went to the garage.  I fired up 
Spike the racer with an Accel coil on it.  Pulled the # 1 plug wire and got 
knocked on my butt for my effort.   Regrouped and stayed away from the 3/4 
inch spark it was making to get to any ground, anyplace.  Observed the spark 
and conceded that there was a lot of blue in it.  But plenty of yellow too. 
Maybe it is just the color definition of my eyes.  If you want I will post 
privately o you a few of the idiotic things that were  sent to me in an 
effort to help.  I did not respond to any of them in a negative manner.  My 
response to you was not an effort to slam you but to tell you I was 
disagreeing with you.
As for my understanding of volts/ amps etc I will stand on my statement. 
There is virtually no heat or usable energy in extremely high voltage when 
amperage is not present.  It takes very little amperage to change that into 
something that will kill you.  That is what I was feeling when I pulled the 
plug wire off.     As a for instance, the static generator toys,  where you 
can put your hands near and make your hair stand on end is pure voltage.  A 
pretty blue color.  Millions of volts.  Better not add any amperage to it 
though.  Amperage kicks voltage in the pants to keep it going.