Hi,
Before I ask my questions, just want to say that this is a great forum with a LOT of knowledge inside it. Just searching answered alot of questions.
Ok, here it goes. I bought a stun gun, supposedly rated at "500,000" volts. But heres the question, in order to make the gun last, I should always discharge it by shorting the two electrodes, right? If I do not do this, will it just discharge onto itself or just make the caps work overtime leading to failure?
Also, about the arcing. Why is it so bad to "arch" the gun. Whats actually happening internally?I've tried looking for these answers, but I cant find specifics on the internal workings of the unit. I found alot of schematics, but they dont explain why certain things happen and why its there.
The reason I ask is not only to know, but because I tried to mod a camera flash circuit into a stun gun and for some reason it died. Basically, I didnt hear that oscillator whine any more. (Shorted transformer?)
So I dont want to same happening with this thing.
Thanks for explaining all this fellas-ladies!!!!!!
Before I ask my questions, just want to say that this is a great forum with a LOT of knowledge inside it. Just searching answered alot of questions.
Ok, here it goes. I bought a stun gun, supposedly rated at "500,000" volts. But heres the question, in order to make the gun last, I should always discharge it by shorting the two electrodes, right? If I do not do this, will it just discharge onto itself or just make the caps work overtime leading to failure?
Also, about the arcing. Why is it so bad to "arch" the gun. Whats actually happening internally?I've tried looking for these answers, but I cant find specifics on the internal workings of the unit. I found alot of schematics, but they dont explain why certain things happen and why its there.
The reason I ask is not only to know, but because I tried to mod a camera flash circuit into a stun gun and for some reason it died. Basically, I didnt hear that oscillator whine any more. (Shorted transformer?)
So I dont want to same happening with this thing.
Thanks for explaining all this fellas-ladies!!!!!!