Enough to drop a grown man to the ground from just little batteries how?
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It doesn’t take a particularly large amount of electricity to disable a human. Our nervous system runs on very very weak electrical impulses so if you can deliver enough electrical current to stimulate our nerves, which are almost microscopic, we lose control of whatever muscle group those nerves control.
To put this in perspective, when someone’s heart is beating too slow, paramedics can use an external pacemaker. Basically they attach the defibrillator pads, and the defibrillator acts as a pacemaker delivering tiny shocks about 70 times a minute. Then, while watching the monitor, you gradually increase the amps until you see a “capture” on the monitor, meaning the shock is powerful enough to stimulate your heart to beat. It’s usually about 100 milliamperes. Like I said, our nervous system is very sensitive. It doesn’t take a lot of energy to disrupt it.
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