01) Describe what one feels like after getting zapped by a 100,000
volt stun gun?
02) Describe what one feels like after getting zapped by a 100,000
volt stun gun, two seperate times within 60 seconds?
03) How long does it take to be able to think clearly after getting
hit once with a 100,000 volt stun gun?

Hello,

Interesting question. All of the information that I list below comes
from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and more
specifically, it comes from the notes for the class, Physiology of
Electrical Injury. I encourage you to read the website that I list
below because it goes in depth into the information that you seek, but
as a primer, I'll summarize here.

At the voltage you describe (around the average of a consumer grade
stungun as they range from around 50 kV-400 kV), the person getting
"zapped" will feel a total loss of muscle control coupled with a
severe mental shock, maybe resulting in dizziness, nausea, etc. It's
not uncommon for some people to lose control over certain body
functions and vomit, urinate, or defecate upon getting shocked. The
wide range in effects stems not from the voltage so much, but at the
duration and repetition of the shocks. Most guns shock the person many
times at different frequencies ranging from a couple nanoseconds to a
couple microseconds. The main goal is to incapacitate the victim by
removing conscious control over muscles, the electrical shocks
overtake and force the muscles to violently spasm.

Two such shocks in a 60 second period would only increase the effects
that I listed above, and as with any foreign electrical presence, may
actually cause the person to go into cardiac arrest immediately, or
soon after depending again on the duration and frequency of the
shocks.

As for your third question, the document that is linked below states
that:

"Discharges of 3 to 5 seconds may leave the victim immobilized, dazed,
and weak for 5 to 15 minutes."

Please read over the information that I've linked to below for further
explanation.


Search Strategy:

"stun gun effects" on google:
://www.google.com/search?q=%22stun+gun+effects%22


Additional Links:

Chapter notes on stunguns and tasers:
http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/be370rf/26-Ch31-StunGun-TASER.PDF

All class notes on Physiology of Electrical Injury:
http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/be370rf/


Thanks again for your interesting question, and I hope that I've
answered it to your satisfaction.


skermit-ga

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Clarification of Answer by skermit-ga on 16 Jan 2003 13:33 PST

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