long time....
Hi,
Its been ages since I stuck my 'moral' oar in.....and I see some fairly recent posts in this topic, guess theres still significant interest in the matter.
Ron H,
You are of course, completely correct in saying I 'opened myself up to questions'. Why did I build several versions? Mis-spent youth
(a 12-year-old with a transformer and too much time) I've been a 'fan' of HV since I can remember, and the circuits that claim to be 'stunguns schematics' were sometimes, just pretty easy way to get nice arcs without dealing with mains electricity. I've since learned a lot more (postgrad), and have moved on to better things, like audio/control/comms/digital electronics.
The only reason I posted my concerns was purely out of...well...concern! This is an electronics forum, therefore questions should be purely about electronics. I probably should have been more helpful and provided a schematic, or advice...but its something I feel very strongly about. Making a stungun will be a waste of time. It'll get you beaten up, arrested, or, just sit on your workbench reminding you that you've wasted time building something that will never be used.
That said. I am from the UK, where we have fairly strict law concerning such 'weapons', all of which I agree with. Big apology to admin, for using up forum posts, but I felt I should at least reply to this topic once more.
Blueteeth.
Ps. On a technical note, I did provide some clues as to effectively create such a device. If you want to learn how they work, research, research and experiment!