On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:27:00 -0500, Larry wrote:

The Taser works on the same technology as the defibrillator machine,
pulsed current through muscle tissue. Its output is measured on watt-
seconds, as is the defib.

No it doesn't. No it isn't.

My Tesla coil is high voltage at low current, somewhere around 800KV on a
dry day at 1-2 microamps. It causes no muscle spasms, only slight RF
burns if the arc touches your skin. Feels like a pin prick from the
burning, not the current. In order to cause muscle spasms in humans, you
need 20-40 milliamps, a good shock from a defective 115VAC appliance
comes to mind. To cause muscle lockups, like the Taser produces, you
need around 60-80 ma. Death occurs at from 100-200ma, depending on the
victim's physical condition no cop is licensed to diagnose.

A Tesla coil is totally different. It puts out RF. AC skin effect
keeps the current on the surface of the skin. It WILL burn you, as you
said above about "slight RF burns". A Taser doesn't cause muscle
spasms for shock, it "masks" the normal electrical signals in all
living things and superimposes other signals.

Some specs from spec sheets:

Taser:

1. Output characteristics:
Wave form: Complex shaped pulse
Pulse rate: 19 PPS
Pulse duration: 100 microseconds
The trigger activates a 5-second cycle. The cycle can be
stopped by placing the safety lever in the “S” position.
Peak open circuit arcing voltage: 50,000 V
Peak loaded voltage: 1,200 V
Current: 2.1 mA average
Energy per pulse: Nominal at main capacitors: 0.36 joules
Delivered into load: 0.07 joules
Power rating: Nominal at main capacitors: 7 watts
Delivered into load: 1.3 watts



AED Defibrillator:

The Data-PakTM battery will operate the Samaritan® AED for over 12
hours of continuous ECG monitoring or 120 shocks at 200 Joules.


Note the current and loaded voltage. Yes it's 50,000V open air, but
drops to 1,200 V under load. The load is the human.

Also note the energy delivered into that human is 0.07 Joules and the
defib is 200 Joules - 2,857 times as much power! That is two thousand
eight hundred fifty seven. Guess the EMT's also go around killing
people, huh?


Does your cop training REALLY tell you to Tase us at traffic stops if our
"Papers Please" response to the storm troopers is insufficient, our taxes
not properly paid? The lady on the cop video had not attacked the
officers in any manner. She was sitting in her driver's seat, terrified,
and refusing to exit her vehicle for fear of being beaten up, like CNN
shows on TV quite often. Being alone and indefensible against a male
attack by a cop so mad he's screaming at her, one can only imagine her
state of fear at this screaming madman.

I think NOT....This isn't Nazi-occupied France.

...Yet.

Larry

No, our training makes it quite clear when and how much force to use.
The cop wasn't mad at all, he was using proper procedure under the
circumstances - someone threatening him and in a very excited and
agitated state. Same as an EMT, nurse or doctor would have. Okay, not
as loudly, but different circumstances. Maybe you should see if you
can find the _COMPLETE_, unedited version of the video.

Rick