2006-08-16 01:10:49 · 27 answers · asked by mike 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
Im planing to buy a tazer gun bui i dont want to kill anyone, thanks all for your answers
im suprised at how many people replied
2006-08-16 03:32:33 · update #1
Why do you want to know?
2006-08-16 01:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by whirled_queen 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
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2016-05-04 04:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not the voltage that will kill you, it is the amount of electric current that will kill you. For example, police use taser guns on people which emits about 20,000 volts, but very little current. This can disrupt you central nervous system temporarily, but for the most part will not kill you, unless you have some underlying medical condition, such as a weak heart.Arc welding machines may only use 90 volts, but draws 20-30 amps of current, which will FRY you.
2006-08-16 01:16:55 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hell of a lot!
It's not something that's easy to test, since results vary greatly, but many humans have survived lightning strikes which contain literally millions of volts.
My physics teacher told us that it's actually the amps that kill people, amperes will actually 'cook' your organs inside your body like a microwave.
2006-08-16 01:18:45 · answer #4 · answered by le_coupe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Milgram study it showed that 350 volts or higher would be fatal to the human body. Check it out and you will see that im right.
2006-08-16 01:17:36 · answer #5 · answered by -mystery- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Voltage is the difference in electrical potential. The human body has its own voltage level, the thing your touching will have a different and energy will pass for a high potential to a lowoer one...
This flow of charge is what is known as current and measured in amps.
0.25 amps is enough to kill, but the electrical resistence of intervening substence (e.g. skin) will affect the ampage that the voltage creates...
So, in theory, the human body can tolelrate any voltage (lightning, wall socket, etc...) as long as it hits a point of high resistence before getting to the brain or heart and shorting out life.
2006-08-16 01:18:34 · answer #6 · answered by Chris F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Mythbusters said something like 22 volts
2006-08-16 01:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by bung_7250 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It has been shown that the human body can withstand a multimillion voltage passing through the body, however it is not the voltage that poses the real damage but the amperage. As little as one quarter an amp. can kill a human and as little as three can kill an Elephant.
2006-08-16 01:18:54 · answer #8 · answered by tonywdidit 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
12-14 volts!!
2006-08-16 01:15:25 · answer #9 · answered by BrainCracker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
... human muscle cell is a battery, and a cubic inch could develop 400000 volts.
(The inventor Nicola Tesla used to demonstrate that the human body can take ...
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0786707933&id=Mf7ujOGDzZ8C&pg=PA534&lpg=PA534&ots=eBYv4MUHEd&dq=how+many+volts+can+a+human+body+take&sig=sHDLCZyuLlI2dGPnkhPLJgslSLQ
2006-08-16 01:17:15 · answer #10 · answered by Unique 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the voltage that kills but the amperage.
4 milliamps across the chest is enough to stop the heart.
This was on Mythbusters.
2006-08-16 01:16:38 · answer #11 · answered by Boris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋