Interesting thoughts you have.
Thats how tazers work and its why it shoots out two lines the voltage is with respect to the terminals. Its also how those electric mouse traps work, capacitive multiplier to charge up a cap then poor mickey completes the circuit and zap.
I'm no expert on tasers but i expect they have some form of current limiting because they generate in the kV, mouse traps are also up there if I remember correctly.
But do it enough times and the consequences can be tragic.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/brazil-rebuke-australia-after-taser-death/6055708
But yeah, one capacitor may be not enough to kill, but what if you take 4? 6? 8?
Other feature is that if you poke it to the arm it may not go to heart, you need to touch two terminals with two hands, but if it is summer and everyone goes topless - here you go, just poke it to someone chest, why do you need to buy a gun?
That is quite fascinating and creepy at the same time.
But do it enough times and the consequences can be tragic.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/brazil-rebuke-australia-after-taser-death/6055708
True. However in this (and almost all other cases of Taser-related deaths) the person's heart/body was already stressed due to drugs or some other underlying medical issue. Tasers were never marketed as being "safe", it's just if you're in a position that you need to be Taser'ed, the only next step up from that is a firearm and you're far more likely to die from a gunshot wound than from a Taser. Law Enforcement refer to it is a "less than lethal" option rather than "non-lethal".
If I was a crook, I think I'd know which one I'd rather have.
They were only supposed to be used where the only other alternative would be lethal force. The problem is they are being used just for compliance by a lot of lazy or power tripping cops.
I just caught myself on a thought:
You can arrange couple capacitors in parallel, charge them up to 300 V (or even higher, depending on capacitor) and go around poking people, maybe even lethally. Why this did not happen before? Seems like super easy plan for criminals to kill someone or severely damage. Some caps have very small internal resistance, so I think it is a piece of cake to get some substantial current to the body. Am I missing something?
Tazers use DC inverted to AC as far as I know, maybe that makes it little bit safer, I don't know. What shocked me that any bum can dig up 10 caps on a dumpster, charge them up and that's it. You don't need to be EE expert to make such tazer. Hope no one will do it, because we will have worldwide ban on capacitors and then we are screwed
You can arrange couple capacitors in parallel, charge them up to 300 V (or even higher, depending on capacitor) and go around poking people, maybe even lethally. Why this did not happen before? Seems like super easy plan for criminals to kill someone or severely damage. Some caps have very small internal resistance, so I think it is a piece of cake to get some substantial current to the body. Am I missing something?
I just caught myself on a thought:
You can arrange couple capacitors in parallel, charge them up to 300 V (or even higher, depending on capacitor) and go around poking people, maybe even lethally. Why this did not happen before? Seems like super easy plan for criminals to kill someone or severely damage. Some caps have very small internal resistance, so I think it is a piece of cake to get some substantial current to the body. Am I missing something?
Tazers use DC inverted to AC as far as I know, maybe that makes it little bit safer, I don't know. What shocked me that any bum can dig up 10 caps on a dumpster, charge them up and that's it. You don't need to be EE expert to make such tazer. Hope no one will do it, because we will have worldwide ban on capacitors and then we are screwed
"Can you kill someone with simple cap?"
Probably:
Or, you could just club them to death with it:
Drat. You beat me to it.
With a gun will be much more easier
Boooorrrring!
Oh I don't know. I've always wanted to try firing a suitable sized electro cap from a shotgun, or something like a small bore potato gun. Charged up or not.
Drat. You beat me to it.
Nature beat us all to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides
Boom tish.
I just caught myself on a thought:
You can arrange couple capacitors in parallel, charge them up to 300 V (or even higher, depending on capacitor) and go around poking people, maybe even lethally. Why this did not happen before? Seems like super easy plan for criminals to kill someone or severely damage. Some caps have very small internal resistance, so I think it is a piece of cake to get some substantial current to the body. Am I missing something?