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Taser and mods
- Thread starter Slaked
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No go for me. I saw a surveillance video from a parking lot outside a store. There were two police officers, one on the drivers side and one on the passengers side, the officer on the passengers side open the door of the car with his weapon drawn.
I am not sure what the weapon was since the car blocked most of the cameras view, but there was almost immediately a fireball inside the car.
So, I was wondering if a Taser could make a battery explode or catch fire?
Just puzzled.
I am not sure what the weapon was since the car blocked most of the cameras view, but there was almost immediately a fireball inside the car.
So, I was wondering if a Taser could make a battery explode or catch fire?
Just puzzled.
Interesting question
and it got me wondering. I found the following at this website:"The TASER’s output is well below the level established as "safe" by the federal government in approving such devices as the electrified cattle fence. In a medical study of electronic stun guns, Dr. Robert Stratbucker of the University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed that the T-Wave does not interrupt the heartbeat or damage a pacemaker. Any modern pacemaker is designed to withstand electrical defibrillator pulses that are hundreds of times stronger than the TASER® device's output. The TASER® device current of 0.3 joules is well below the 10-50 joule threshold above which cardiac ventricular fibrillation can occur.
ISN’T HIGH VOLTAGE LETHAL?
High voltage, in itself, is not dangerous. One can receive a 25,000-volt shock of static electricity from a doorknob on a dry day without harm. The physiological effect of electrical shock is determined by the current, its duration, and the power source that produces the shock. The typical household current of 110 volts is dangerous because it can pump many amperes of current throughout the body indefinitely. By contrast, the TASER® device's power supply consists of batteries that are capable of supplying electrical power for a few minutes, but will not kill the assailant"
I really, really don't think so little energy is going to blow up anything unless it triggers something with the waveform or something that's right on the edge of blowing up already. Batteries are pretty tough too.
Thanks for your reply. I didn't consider pacemakers and inplanted defibrillators as devices that would have been reviewed as safety concerns.
Here is the video that "sparked" my questions.
Warning it is graphic and disturbing.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/06/03/austin-man-sets-fire-car-police-orig.cnn
Here is the video that "sparked" my questions.
Warning it is graphic and disturbing.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/06/03/austin-man-sets-fire-car-police-orig.cnn
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It says he set fire to his own car. The police didn't do it.