In the case of a stun gun, that may be right. A stun gun produces a very short duration spike, 20 or so times a second. If the spike is a microsecond in length, then the power would be way less than one watt average.
Marshall daddybob wrote: > > > "M. G. Devour" wrote: > > > Ummm, guys? Before you go running off to build > > something like this > > > would you please check those specs? > > > > > > It seems to me that over 1/3 of an amp at 25 > > kilovolts is a rather > > > large amount of energy -- likely lethal. It's > > certainly enough to stop > > > the heart if used in the wrong spot. I don't think > > that's what the > > > designers had in mind. <frown> > > Marshall wrote: > > You are correct, that would be over 8 KW, or about 5 > > times what can be > > pulled out of a 20A 120 VAC outlet. It would cook > > the tissue to well done > > in less than a second. > --------------------------------- > > Yep, those are the specs on the Abrams site: > > " Treatment consists of using a modified stun gun that > will produce > 25 kilovolts at less than 350 milliamps. Because of > the deep penetration of the venom of the BR > spider it is necessary to shock "through the tissue" > rather than surface shock only. This is > accomplished by means of a jumper cable attached to > one pole of the stun gun that will reach to > the opposite side of the extremity. The central area > as well as the surrounding area of erythema > is shocked 6 to 8 times. This is like getting a shock > from an electric fence and is tolerated quite > well by most all patients." > > I suppose that doesn't mean they're right though, and > yep that's 8750 watts alright. Come to think of it, I > don't relish the full power of a 10-12 HP generator > going through me. > > James- I will search the archives for your previously > posted info about this. > > DB > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' > http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
