How does a taser gun get so much power from 4 AA batteries?

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Enough to drop a grown man to the ground from just little batteries how?

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A taser is very low power, otherwise it would electrocute people. If you touch ground and a 20KV power line, you’re instantly dead.

The power from the batteries is pumped up to high voltage and very, very low current. This startles the subject’s nervous system, without electrocuting them. That’s the whole “less lethal” point.

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