Originally posted by ThePeoplesSoldier
reply to post by Kryties
You are correct, what your failing to include is that it takes 300 amps to stop the heart, not .0021 miliamps.. ya
Talk about quoting misleading figures. (That's a polite term for lies.)
Even when the current is applied to the outside of the body you can kill a person with only 100 milliamps. But
a current applied inside
the body with electrodes, such as taser prongs, can kill with only 1 milliamp.
Generally, currents approaching 100 mA are lethal if they pass through sensitive portions of the body.
hypertextbook.com...
Also, as you previously admitted in this thread, the older police issue
tasers average 2.1 milliamps. Some have been tested to
be 3.5 milliamps.
However a much more powerful taser is now becoming popular with police.
Electrical Output:
ADVANCED TASER® M26:
3.6 mA or 0.0036 A (average rectified current)
The use of this model Taser is becoming increasingly common in the Police Force.
The output given is only an average. Tasers can be half as powerful again,
sometimes delivering a shock of over 5mA underneath
the victim's skin.
The TASER barbs completely penetrate the epidermis and dermis into the fatty tissue. delivering the shock subcutaneously. This is immensely more
dangerous than a shock on the outside the skin such as that delivered by a defibrillator.
If the current has a direct pathway to the heart (e.g., via a cardiac catheter or other kind of electrode), a much lower current of
less than 1 mA (AC or DC) can cause fibrillation. If not immediately treated by defibrillation, fibrillations are usually lethal because all
the heart muscle cells move independently.
Above 200 mA, muscle contractions are so strong that the heart muscles cannot move at all.
en.wikipedia.org...
The Advanced Taser microprocessor is programmed to administer a 30-second Advanced Taser discharge -- so you don’t have to worry about how long
to hold down the button.
www.streetdirectory.com...
So you can just press the trigger once on your Taser, and the victim gets up to 18,000 pulses of electricity. If these are delivered by electrodes
penetrating the chest or head, each pulse is potentially fatal.
