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Similarly one may ask, how much voltage does a police Taser have?
What you're looking for is, at least, 25,000 volts. Thisvoltage will penetrate through clothing and skin to deliverthe electrical current into the subject's body. You really don'tneed more than that, but 50,000 volts in the policegrade taser ensures it will get through just aboutanything.
MODEL2 | ADVERTISED VOLTAGE | ACTUAL PEAK VOLTAGE |
---|---|---|
AIR TASERTM | 50,000 V | 50,000 V |
O-mega SS | 120,000 V | 16,400 V |
Nova Spirit | 20,000 V | 24,900 V |
STN-160 | 160,000 V | 28,700 V |
Thereof, how strong are police Tasers?
The TASER Advanced M26c, TASER X26c andTASER X2 Defender are the most powerful units,discharging 50,000 volts at 26 watts. The TASER Pulse andTASER Bolt discharge 50,000 volts at 7 watts.
Assaid in other answers, what matters is not voltage. And it's notcurrent either: passing high currents (e.g. 1 amper) through thebody for microseconds is not only completely harmless, the victimwould not even feel it. Tasers are designed to be not (very)lethal.