On 04/01/2018 12:46 PM, John Larkin wrote:> On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 06:57:13 -0000 (UTC), John Doe > <always.look@message.header> wrote: > >> I am not planning to do so, just curious... >> >> Using a five amp hour 18 V (20 V Max) battery. >> >> At 1 million V, that would be somewhere around 3 A for one second? >> >> Sounds like a LOT of energy. >> >> Thanks. > > Just hit them on the head with it. > >In the US at least stun guns aren't exactly difficult to get one's hands on and legal to own in many states; it's one of those hack projects that seems like a cool idea to someone who just learned what battery and capacitor markings mean but solidly in the "why bother" category for anyone else.
Using cordless drill battery as stun gun?
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On Sunday, 1 April 2018 18:24:59 UTC+1, Cursitor Doom wrote:> On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 09:23:05 -0700, tabbypurr wrote:> > depends what range you want. Maybe the megavolt is so it's non-contact. > > A million volts takes a *lot* of containment. It might be non-contact > alright, but the user himself could end up getting zapped.Of course to work the user would need to see equipotential, the delivery end could be a long thickly insulated stick. Totally impractical as a weapon. And at an amp the user would only ever make one mistake. NT
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On 04/01/2018 02:57 AM, John Doe wrote:> I am not planning to do so, just curious... > > Using a five amp hour 18 V (20 V Max) battery. > > At 1 million V, that would be somewhere around 3 A for one second? > > Sounds like a LOT of energy. > > Thanks. ><https://memeguy.com/photos/thumbs/brace-yourselvestomorrow-99412.jpg>
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 09:23:05 -0700 (PDT), tabbypurr@gmail.com wrote:>On Sunday, 1 April 2018 14:16:41 UTC+1, Cursitor Doom wrote: >> On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 03:31:52 -0700, tabbypurr wrote: >> >> > With a 1 second duty cycle maybe he could drag it along behind him on >> > wheels. Ad what will he do after that 1 second? And btw, a megavolt at >> > an amp does not 'stun.' Very practical. >> >> I'd assumed the million volt remark was just hyperbole. You don't need >> anything like 1m volts for that; 60kV is plenty. > >depends what range you want. Maybe the megavolt is so it's non-contact.What, you want to play Thor?
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 13:15:04 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> wrote:>On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:57:13 +0000, John Doe wrote: > >> I am not planning to do so, just curious... >> >> Using a five amp hour 18 V (20 V Max) battery. >> >> At 1 million V, that would be somewhere around 3 A for one second? >> >> Sounds like a LOT of energy. >> >> Thanks. > >That does make an excellent power source for this sort of application. >Enough to make a terrifying statement, anyway! Assuming you're not into >torture and planning on using this for extended periods of course.... >;-)I'd like to see a chemical battery that can produce 3600C.
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I wrote:> AT 1 MILLION V, THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE AMPS FOR ONE > SECOND?I just want to know if my simple math is correct.
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On 04/01/2018 06:00 PM, John Doe wrote:> I wrote: > >> AT 1 MILLION V, THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE AMPS FOR ONE >> SECOND? > > I just want to know if my simple math is correct. >no
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On 2018-04-01, John Doe <always.look@message.header> wrote:> I am not planning to do so, just curious... > > Using a five amp hour 18 V (20 V Max) battery.ok so 90 Watt-hours, 324000 Joules> At 1 million V, that would be somewhere around 3 A for one second?closer to 300mA> Sounds like a LOT of energy.a hand grenade is ballpark 25kJ but that's relesed in a very short period a cup of gasoline is about 10MJ -- This email has not been checked by half-arsed antivirus software
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On 2018-04-01, krw@notreal.com <krw@notreal.com> wrote:> On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 13:15:04 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom ><curd@notformail.com> wrote: > >>On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:57:13 +0000, John Doe wrote: >> >>> I am not planning to do so, just curious... >>> >>> Using a five amp hour 18 V (20 V Max) battery. >>> >>> At 1 million V, that would be somewhere around 3 A for one second? >>> >>> Sounds like a LOT of energy. >>> >>> Thanks. >> >>That does make an excellent power source for this sort of application. >>Enough to make a terrifying statement, anyway! Assuming you're not into >>torture and planning on using this for extended periods of course.... >>;-) > > I'd like to see a chemical battery that can produce 3600C.You'll probably find some in the supermarket. AA cells capable of twice that are nothing special -- This email has not been checked by half-arsed antivirus software
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On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 00:01:31 -0000 (UTC), Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> wrote:>On 2018-04-01, krw@notreal.com <krw@notreal.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 13:15:04 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom >><curd@notformail.com> wrote: >> >>>On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:57:13 +0000, John Doe wrote: >>> >>>> I am not planning to do so, just curious... >>>> >>>> Using a five amp hour 18 V (20 V Max) battery. >>>> >>>> At 1 million V, that would be somewhere around 3 A for one second? >>>> >>>> Sounds like a LOT of energy. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>> >>>That does make an excellent power source for this sort of application. >>>Enough to make a terrifying statement, anyway! Assuming you're not into >>>torture and planning on using this for extended periods of course.... >>>;-) >> >> I'd like to see a chemical battery that can produce 3600C. > >You'll probably find some in the supermarket. >AA cells capable of twice that are nothing special7KA from an AA cell? Get real!
