Comments on: DIY Taser lands boys in trouble

By: blue

blue — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:39:03 +0000

I did this years ago when i was in school. but it was a very low voltage and was very small you would toss it to some one and when they cought it they got a nasty little shock. i got it taken away and that was it. this just shows that we live in different times now thats all.

By: electrical engineer

electrical engineer — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:45:15 +0000

wow…im building a taser right now for my engineering class….yeah 1500 volts is nothing.and you dont necessarily need capacitors to hold up the charge like someone else said above…a dc-ac converter with a voltage multiplier uses caps, but you could just as easily(actually probably more easily) use a transformer(and like a 555 or any other means of going dc-ac of course). —and you dont have to *store up* charge…u can up the voltage as much as you want as long as you drop the current. a nine volt battery has 15 amps…but step that up to like 15000 volts and you have a minuscule amount of current. couple transistors a battery and a transformers all you need…probly a few resistors…AND a legit reason to do it.

By: f4te

f4te — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:05:40 +0000

lol, i made one from a camera once too, actually a couple times, took it to school, techers didnt realize what was goin on with people passing a capacitor around, it wasn’t till they found burn marks on one kids hand did they clue in, hahahaha
gooood times!

By: Stray Mongrel

Stray Mongrel — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:16:46 +0000

We used to shock ourselves for fun and games in Electronics class back in high school. We built a maze game based on this type of technology where if you “touched a wall” it would shock you. This was back in the 80s.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:42:23 +0000

Seriously, 2nd law of thermodynamics. There is only as much energy as stored in the capacitor (if any)+transformer input. Basically, the total power output of a couple batteries over a few seconds. From what I have made(disposable camera flash unit), around ~300 volts and a couple hundred micro farads. Dangerous? I think not…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:48:13 +0000

alright lisen i had to make a essay on this thing and it was about how tasers could effect pacemakers or the heart but i found out its not supposed to even effect the pacemakers and the cops are 50 000 volts with 8 AAs and mine was 1500 volts and 2 AAs and it says you get more of a shock getting out of your car sometimes or touching a doorhandle thats around 8000 to 10000 volts and thats not uncomon but i only had 1 day suspention and i ahd to write a page essay

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:34:24 +0000

I’ve seen homemade tasers. Their voltage is never really that high.

By: Sept

Sept — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:26:37 +0000

xforce, very good point

By: xforce

xforce — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:16:53 +0000

i wonder what would happen if a girl was caught with a taser. most likely they would have been let go.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:38:33 +0000

i was suspended for a day and had to write a essay

By: Dr Electro

Dr Electro — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:07:11 +0000

Building a stun gun is childs play.
The only reason I haven’t built one is that I don’t need one, for I am DR ELECTRO!

I’m surprised more kids haven’t been caught, outrage ensues and it becomes an imprisonable offence to build stuff with electronics or to mix things together that aren’t for cooking/eating/drinking. It’s the only way to stop the terror!