Amazing handheld bug zapper

Tmall · 04-10-2009, 08:16 PM

Does it matter what voltage is powering it when its a capacitor doing the discharging?

Trip · 04-10-2009, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tmall

Does it matter what voltage is powering it when its a capacitor doing the discharging?

Amps do more damage than voltage. That's why those 50kV tasers or whatever don't kill you. They use small caps in these so they don't really do any damage. We use to charge some up and throw them to a buddy to give a good shock in lab.

Tmall · 04-10-2009, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Amps do more damage than voltage. That's why those 50kV tasers or whatever don't kill you. They use small caps in these so they don't really do any damage. We use to charge some up and throw them to a buddy to give a good shock in lab.

That's what I was getting at. The cap is set for a certain amperage, right?

So, dump 20 volts or 20k volts and it still charges to, let's say 5ma?

Or, does the cap work as a storing resistor? The higher the e the higher the I because of r of the cap?

Gas Man · 04-10-2009, 08:37 PM

I have one that takes the C batteries... they fuckin ROCK!!!

Trip · 04-11-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Tmall

That's what I was getting at. The cap is set for a certain amperage, right?

So, dump 20 volts or 20k volts and it still charges to, let's say 5ma?

Or, does the cap work as a storing resistor? The higher the e the higher the I because of r of the cap?

no, caps are a much more in depth device. read the wikipedia on it if you want more info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor

'73 H1 Triple · 04-11-2009, 04:34 PM

The two D cell powered one carries quite a wallop. When we packed the suburban for canada last spring, I put the bug zapper in the back. Unknown to me, the button was pushed in.

I grabbed it by the mesh to take it out and got zapped pretty good.

My hand hurt all the way up to my shoulder

Amber Lamps · 04-11-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by '73 H1 Triple

The two D cell powered one carries quite a wallop. When we packed the suburban for canada last spring, I put the bug zapper in the back. Unknown to me, the button was pushed in.

I grabbed it by the mesh to take it out and got zapped pretty good.

My hand hurt all the way up to my shoulder

but

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'73 H1 Triple · 04-11-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

but

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As soon as my wife realized I was OK, she called me a dumb-ass for not noticing the red light was lit.

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'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	The two D cell powered one carries quite a wallop. When we packed the suburban for canada last spring, I put the bug zapper in the back. Unknown to me, the button was pushed in. I grabbed it by the mesh to take it out and got zapped pretty good. My hand hurt all the way up to my shoulder