Darkfeather -> RE: Vise Grips (1/4/2011 2:21:51 PM)
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For purely informational purposes, a shocking collar can hurt, A LOT. Depending on the model used, it is meant to deliver a pulse of deterrence from as small as a dog or cat, up to large farm animals. The pain, or level of shock is adjustable and obviously the more powerful the more it hurts. As for their safety, there are a lot of misconceptions about electrical play above the waist. Yes it is dangerous, but only in specific circumstances, not as a general rule. The most obvious evidence for this are two easy examples. First the shock collar, if it was dangerous for electrical play above the waist, the shock collar would kill your poor dog, not scare it away from the invisible fence. The second examples are the taser and stun guns. These devices deliver massive electrical shocks to the human nervous system, and I am sure when the need arises to use them, care is not taken to aim below the waist. But in all cases of people being stunned or tased, there has not been a case of fatal heart arrhythmia or any other major complications (based solely on the current delivered). Generally, it is fatal when a matching wavelength of current passes pretty much through the heart (axially), or of such a high enough current that death by electrocution comes along with stopping the heart.
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