I dont want wattage or anything im just interested in volts because this one cattalouge im subscribed to sells tazers. Their highest voltage taser is 600,000 volts and im w0ondering ifd thats enough to kill them thanks for anwsereing
2007-01-16 05:07:45 · 8 answers · asked by tjkeil@sbcglobal.net 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
While tasers are effective and generally regarded as non-lethal, that should not lead you to assume that they are never lethal. Many people have died as a result of these weapons.
Voltage is not the only way to rate a taser. You can have one deliver a single 600,000V jolt that feels like a static shock. Or you can experience 30,000V from a car ignition that could kill you if it went through your heart.
2007-01-16 06:30:53 · answer #1 · answered by vrrJT3 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually smaller voltage will kill you just as quick.Lets say you grab a wire with 110volts,your reflex's will draw up and you cant let go,but anything higher like 220 440 volts will knock you down.Even small voltage from a 9volt battery can kill you.It can stop you heart rhythm.Electricity is nothing to play with.
Different volts for different folks!!
2007-01-16 13:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by cactusjoe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not the voltage but the current that kills . most of the shocking device have a limiting current to make it safe. The kill zone is 100 to 200 mil. amps . in this zone from 100 to 200 will cause the heart to fibrillate . above 200 will result to burns.
2007-01-16 16:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the current, V=IR Voltage equals Current times Resistance. Humans have their own resistance (don't know what it is off the top of my head, but it's low). It shouldn't kill someone, a taser is meant to be a non-lethal weapon.
2007-01-16 13:12:34 · answer #4 · answered by Pfo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As themountainviewguy has mentioned, the amps are generally what kills. The amps, even as low as .1, cause your heart to be confused and beat irregullarly. With AC, the heart can fluctuate and cause Cardiac arrest. With DC, the heart will sieze.
Bottom line, you'll die either way without help.
2007-01-16 13:28:36 · answer #5 · answered by David T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not the volts that kills, it is the amps.
Or you would be killed instantly by a static electricity shock.
It is the flow of current that caused damage, or does work,
not just electrical potential, otherwise you would be killed
by standing on a very tall building, not the fall. Get it?
2007-01-16 13:12:29 · answer #6 · answered by themountainviewguy 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Quite a lot. As the saying goes "It's the volts that jolts, but the mills (milliamps) that kills"
2007-01-16 13:12:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it takes .7 amps to kill in ideal conditions.
2007-01-16 13:15:35 · answer #8 · answered by native 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋