My first ND - with a stun gun

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My first ND - with a stun gun

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I bought a stun gun for my wife and also for each sons girlfriend, for a total of 3 stun guns.
We all gathered together last night for a family meal and I gave the presents to the girls.

As I was demonstrating the use of the stun gun, the middle finger of my left hand somehow came to be near one of the exposed electrodes. Then I triggered it to show the girls the snap-crackle-pop arc of electricity so they would know what to expect.

Oh boy... thru the left middle finger and back out the thumb. Zap. That hurt. For an hour.

Bringing it up here to call out that we can get lax in situations where apparently nothing bad can happen, especially with new equipment.

I'm sure that thing is unloaded.
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Ouch!

However... "rlol"
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Did bad words and unchristian thoughts issue forth? Inquiring minds want to know. :lol:
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"No, it didn't hurt. It just doesn't take me long to check out a stun gun." :biggrinjester:
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My son has been there in training & says it hurts, alot.
I'm willing to bet that it won't happen to you again.
Sorry that it happened to you but it is a little funny cause it wasn't me. ;-)
Although back in '72 I learned all about Chevy HEI ignitions on a '66 Caprice w a 396.
(hahaha one & only time) Not sure what hurt more, my body (in right hand & out through my feet)
or the back of my head when I bent the hood coming out. ha, either way, lesson learned.
Glad you can laugh about it.
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Its amazing that much power can come from batteries huh? At least you gave them a REAL demonstration how it works!

Reminds me a few years back, my son was at that age (and single at that time) where he wanted those HID headlights. I was helping him install them (more like me keeping him company) and all of a sudden, he gets zapped just at the same time I was handing him something. It jumped from him to me and we both got lit up. I think he got the full blunt of it and it kinda just grazed me. Not as bad as it could've been and in fact, we laughed for days about it.

Here, hold my beer while I install these HID lights! (We werent drinking but that saying is just worth repeating).
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The Annoyed Man wrote:Did bad words and unchristian thoughts issue forth? Inquiring minds want to know. :lol:
TAM,

I plead the 5th... and plead.. and plead...
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Years ago, before the invention of weedeaters, we had gas powered edgers.
I had inherited my grandfather's which was made sometime in the early 60's. It had a pull start, and the way to kill it was to use your foot to push a lever up against the plug. I was having issues trying to get the drive belt to track properly, and after replacing belts, shims, washers, etc I fired it up.
It ran approximately 15 seconds before it threw the belt. Angry, hot, sweaty, and ready to give up on the idea, of having well trimmed lawn edges, I grabbed the handle in one hand and used my thumb to push the kill switch lever forward. I came to my senses about 10 yards away, feeling like someone had hit me in the chest with a 2x4.

I can definitely sympathize with the OP, but I agree, a practical demonstration is a very useful teaching opportunity.

I have a weedeater now.
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Jusme wrote:Years ago, before the invention of weedeaters, we had gas powered edgers.
I had inherited my grandfather's which was made sometime in the early 60's. It had a pull start, and the way to kill it was to use your foot to push a lever up against the plug. I was having issues trying to get the drive belt to track properly, and after replacing belts, shims, washers, etc I fired it up.
It ran approximately 15 seconds before it threw the belt. Angry, hot, sweaty, and ready to give up on the idea, of having well trimmed lawn edges, I grabbed the handle in one hand and used my thumb to push the kill switch lever forward. I came to my senses about 10 yards away, feeling like someone had hit me in the chest with a 2x4.

I can definitely sympathize with the OP, but I agree, a practical demonstration is a very useful teaching opportunity.

I have a weedeater now.
"rlol" "rlol"

I feel your pain man. Don't cha love adding hurt and humiliated to that list? BUT, you can also add smarter to that list now. I'm a glass half full kinda guy.
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I had purchased one for the wife. We were out camping with her nephew and he was checking it out. He asked what it felt like, I told him to zap himself to find. He says no you.
I said if you do it I will.
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Mxrdad wrote:
Jusme wrote:Years ago, before the invention of weedeaters, we had gas powered edgers.
I had inherited my grandfather's which was made sometime in the early 60's. It had a pull start, and the way to kill it was to use your foot to push a lever up against the plug. I was having issues trying to get the drive belt to track properly, and after replacing belts, shims, washers, etc I fired it up.
It ran approximately 15 seconds before it threw the belt. Angry, hot, sweaty, and ready to give up on the idea, of having well trimmed lawn edges, I grabbed the handle in one hand and used my thumb to push the kill switch lever forward. I came to my senses about 10 yards away, feeling like someone had hit me in the chest with a 2x4.

I can definitely sympathize with the OP, but I agree, a practical demonstration is a very useful teaching opportunity.

I have a weedeater now.
"rlol" "rlol"

I feel your pain man. Don't cha love adding hurt and humiliated to that list? BUT, you can also add smarter to that list now. I'm a glass half full kinda guy.
Just think of all the other experiences you will have to make that glass full! :lol:
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jminn1 wrote:I bought a stun gun for my wife and also for each sons girlfriend, for a total of 3 stun guns.
We all gathered together last night for a family meal and I gave the presents to the girls.

As I was demonstrating the use of the stun gun, the middle finger of my left hand somehow came to be near one of the exposed electrodes. Then I triggered it to show the girls the snap-crackle-pop arc of electricity so they would know what to expect.

Oh boy... thru the left middle finger and back out the thumb. Zap. That hurt. For an hour.

Bringing it up here to call out that we can get lax in situations where apparently nothing bad can happen, especially with new equipment.

I'm sure that thing is unloaded.
Too bad they weren't taking a video of your demonstration...would have loved to see that on YouTube! :biggrinjester:
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[quote="I feel your pain man. Don't cha love adding hurt and humiliated to that list? BUT, you can also add smarter to that list now. I'm a glass half full kinda guy.[/quote]
Just think of all the other experiences you will have to make that glass full! :lol:[/quote]

:thumbs2: I think maybe I've learned from some of those past experiences. Reason being, I know for a fact there is no way I will ever purposely Tazer myself just to see what it feels like. Not knocking the ones that do, I'm just not that curious.

Has anyone seen the walking canes equipped with Tazer's ? I saw one about a year ago and when the guy pushed the "activation button", that thing hissed and crackled something fierce. It was truly a scary and intimidating noise. I'm not talking a little buzzing noise that I have heard before with tazers. I'm talking a very loud, head turning noise that will stop a conversation. Everybody around instantly stopped talking, there was about 3-4 seconds of silence as people started looking around trying to figure out where that noise came from.

If a BG ever tries to attack a person while they are carrying/using this cane, they are going to be in for a huge surprise.
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A couple of years ago when I was working at the fire dept, I was doing my obligatory mornin paperwork, my driver came in to inform me that one of the LED strobe lights wasn't firing, so being the officer I said I'd take a look at it and went out to figure out the problem, I could hear the popping from under the dash, so I figured one of the fuses had backed out and just needed to be pushed back in.Great big bad mistake! Knocked the way out of my arm, felt it through my whole body but my arm from my fingers to my shoulder was numb for an hour!

Note to self, Take it to the garage!
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