Tasers

[james_t]

If you've ever wondered like what it's like to be tasered - well, intrepid News-Sun editor Matt Getts found out for you. You can see video of him getting tasered here:

http://www.fwdailynews.com/articles/...ideo/taser.txt

[tandjflo]

http://www.fwdailynews.com/articles/...ideo/taser.txt

Now thats funny right there !! I like how the cops are laughing..... I gots to get me one of those. Won't have to tell the kids twice to clean their rooms anymore.

[ebbieday]

If you've ever wondered like what it's like to be tasered - well, intrepid News-Sun editor Matt Getts found out for you. You can see video of him getting tasered here:

http://www.fwdailynews.com/articles/...ideo/taser.txt

OMG, that is simply hilarious. Love the added sound effects. They now have tasers in pretty colors at http://www.taser.com/products/consumers/Pages/C2.aspx. Seems they're becoming a fashion statement and people are having taser parties now. A girl can't be too safe, right? I am seriously considering it.

[james_t]

I like how the cops are laughing.....

From what I've heard, any police officer who is certified to use a Taser has to be shot by one, so I'd assume they're laughing because they've all been there.

[LuciusBeebe]

From what I've heard, any police officer who is certified to use a Taser has to be shot by one, so I'd assume they're laughing because they've all been there.

I'd assume they're laughing because its hilarious.

[james_t]

I'd assume they're laughing because its hilarious.

Well, that too. Plus, there are any number of people around who would probably pay for the privilege of tasering the local newspaper editor.

[tandjflo]

From what I've heard, any police officer who is certified to use a Taser has to be shot by one, so I'd assume they're laughing because they've all been there.

What's certification consist of : #1. Aim #2. Pull trigger #3. Laugh riotously at big bad guy screaming like a little school girl.

[ebbieday]

What's certification consist of : #1. Aim #2. Pull trigger #3. Laugh riotously at big bad guy screaming like a little school girl.

Cute. Probably more like WHEN to use it and not so much how. Sure looks painful.

[Eric_H]

Well, that too. Plus, there are any number of people around who would probably pay for the privilege of tasering the local newspaper editor.

I've wanted to do this to Matt many times. hehe

[Sugar Magnolia]

I've wanted to do this to Matt many times. hehe

I've known Matt since 1st grade. I'm right there with you Eric! (j/k Louie!)

[Dark Knight]

I was surprised to read that the tasers are 1200 volts, when the over the counter stun guns are anywhere from 50,000 to an insane 300,000 volts. Is there a different in the electrical charge or something else?

[TheBigB]

I was surprised to read that the tasers are 1200 volts, when the over the counter stun guns are anywhere from 50,000 to an insane 300,000 volts. Is there a different in the electrical charge or something else?

Just a guess (which I'm too lazy to Google), but I suspect that the tasers move a lot more current (charge, amperage, what have you) at that lower voltage. The stun guns are much closer to the zap you get when shuffling across your carpet and touching something that is grounded. The tasers are closer to getting a jolt from a power socket.

[matt_s]

My vague memory of discussions relating to electricity, oh so many years ago in high school, is that voltage is kind of like a measure of water pressure. In a large pipe with little resistance, it doesn't take as much pressure to move the same amount of water through the pipe. Likewise, in a electrical circuit with low resistance it wouldn't take as much voltage to carry a specific electrical charge (measured in amps I think) through the circuit as it would in a circuit with higher resistance.

High voltage sounds cool, but its the amps that matter. My guess is they have managed to take a lot of resistence out of their charging circuit so that they can opperate at a lower voltage. Less resistence, less wasted energy, the more use you can get out of a power source.

**Note, I am not an electrician, electrical engineer or anything even remotely related - I helped my dad rewire a touch sensitive lamp once when I was 16, that is the extent of my experience with electricity - it is very possible that I am way off base here, if anybody who truly knows what they are talking about would like to chime in, I'd appreciate it.**

[shaefnutz]

I was surprised to read that the tasers are 1200 volts, when the over the counter stun guns are anywhere from 50,000 to an insane 300,000 volts. Is there a different in the electrical charge or something else?

Sorry bro, im a cop in the air force and im certified on the tazer. Its 4.2 volts i believe and something like 100,000 wats. the wats dont hurt its the volts that dominate. They make those things so they are on the same frequency that your body operates at. There is no way you can ressist because it locks your body not allowing you to move because your brain cant send a signal to the rest of your body. I got tazed, worse 5 secs of my life. if i ever got a tazer pulled on me il fall to the ground and start crying.

[shaefnutz]

disregard that last it is the amps that dominate.

[dg46755]

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[armyda]

"The basic idea of a stun gun is to disrupt this communication system. Stun guns generate a high-voltage, low-amperage electrical charge. In simple terms, this means that the charge has a lot of pressure behind it, but not that much intensity. "

http://home.howstuffworks.com/stun-gun2.htm

From the Taser X26 specifications: It delivers 2.1 milliamp. That is 0.0021 Amps. The average home has a 100 or 200 Amp electrical service. 100,000 Amps would be enough to power 500 to 1,000 homes.

shaefnutz, I hope you paid better attention in your certification class when they were showing how to use a Taser.

[happygolucky]

"The basic idea of a stun gun is to disrupt this communication system. Stun guns generate a high-voltage, low-amperage electrical charge. In simple terms, this means that the charge has a lot of pressure behind it, but not that much intensity. "

http://home.howstuffworks.com/stun-gun2.htm

From the Taser X26 specifications: It delivers 2.1 milliamp. That is 0.0021 Amps. The average home has a 100 or 200 Amp electrical service. 100,000 Amps would be enough to power 500 to 1,000 homes.

shaefnutz, I hope you paid better attention in your certification class when they were showing how to use a Taser.

LOL, volts is the big number for TASER X-26. AMPS KILL volts don't on their own. But the amount of volts that hit the body varies. Depends on clothing etc. I would imagine it would hurt like H***. I was nosy one day and asked an officer if they all had to take a shock from it. he told me it was a one day training class where they learned about the taser, when to deploy it and how to take out the probes, they are like little fish hooks with barbs.

Here is the address for specifications on the X-26.

http://www.taser.com/SiteCollectionD...X26E-001_J.pdf

[Radio Guru]

From what I've heard, any police officer who is certified to use a Taser has to be shot by one, so I'd assume they're laughing because they've all been there.

This statement is not true. Though every officer certified to carry one has seen at least one person hit with it.

[james_t]

This statement is not true. Though every officer certified to carry one has seen at least one person hit with it.

Since I made that post a while back I've been told by a police officer who's been through the process that they don't have to, but pretty much everyone who's there goes through it. I presume it's so they don't look like a weenie in front of their peers.