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The_Truth · 07-11-2008, 04:45 AM

You start selling/producing these... I start selling/producing my armor... ^_^

If you use a conductive "grid" after(or in) the pierced kevlar... the person should receive no discharge of the capacitor. Use a layer of conductive screen, a layer of metal foil, then another conductive screen (different direction mesh of first) to make sure that the projectile hits at least 1+ conductive layer essentially shorting it out. From dealing with capacitors, if you short one... they take a VERY small amount of time (right above a uS) to drain. I figure, if the current is high enough(300A+ for a short), then it may vaporize the screen between your 2 electrodes... but that does not matter if it drained the cap first. :-P Worst case scenario... it would take an afternoon with a kevlar vest and some wire meshes to see which one worked best.

Also, another thing you might be interested in... spread your electrodes a bit... will increase the effected area of the shock. The low amounts of current for death are measured across the heart. If you hit someone in the arm, chances are... that 50mA shock is NOT going to do much damage (just really sting and make their arm go numb). So, if you spread the electrodes... the shortest path between those 2 points increases in resistance (think of the body as a voltage divider circuit, instead of all current taking short path... it splits a little bit more current off into that "other" path *the open body*)

07-11-2008, 04:45 AM	#11 (permalink)
The_Truth Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 Firmware Installed: 2	Physics Project: Electric Projectile Prototype You start selling/producing these... I start selling/producing my armor... ^_^ If you use a conductive "grid" after(or in) the pierced kevlar... the person should receive no discharge of the capacitor. Use a layer of conductive screen, a layer of metal foil, then another conductive screen (different direction mesh of first) to make sure that the projectile hits at least 1+ conductive layer essentially shorting it out. From dealing with capacitors, if you short one... they take a VERY small amount of time (right above a uS) to drain. I figure, if the current is high enough(300A+ for a short), then it may vaporize the screen between your 2 electrodes... but that does not matter if it drained the cap first. :-P Worst case scenario... it would take an afternoon with a kevlar vest and some wire meshes to see which one worked best. Also, another thing you might be interested in... spread your electrodes a bit... will increase the effected area of the shock. The low amounts of current for death are measured across the heart. If you hit someone in the arm, chances are... that 50mA shock is NOT going to do much damage (just really sting and make their arm go numb). So, if you spread the electrodes... the shortest path between those 2 points increases in resistance (think of the body as a voltage divider circuit, instead of all current taking short path... it splits a little bit more current off into that "other" path the open body)