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Originally Posted by Xaccers
The barbs penetrate the skin though.
And even so, at 300KOhms, that's still 167mA!
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I'm guessing that the taser has some sort of inverter oscillator (like a 555 IC) that switches pulses into a step-up transformer, and then perhaps a stack of diodes to form a voltage quadrupler. ie. A bit like a line output stage in a television only miniturised.
This will current limit itself and not be able to provide much current due to the huge load that would be placed on the battery source, and the limitations of the switching device and transformer windings etc.
I'm guessing that perhaps its short circuit output capability is not more than 10mA or so???