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Let’s think of electricity as a water pipe to understand the relationship between

voltage, current, and charge.

Think about a water pipe in your home. You can set the water pressure (voltage) to the

highest setting possible, but this doesn’t do anything for you if there’s no water in the pipe (current) ,

which carries the quantity of water (charge).

Even if you set the water pressure (voltage) to high, you can’t get wet if you don’t have any water (current).

The greater the quantity of that water (charge), the wetter you get (more pain you feel).

currentDefinition: A flow of electricity. Measured in amps (A).

Example: Water in the pipe

voltageDefinition: The force of an electrical current. Measured in volts (V).

Example: Water pressure

chargeDefinition: An amount of electricity.

Measured in coulombs (Q) or microcoulombs (uC). 1Q=1A x 1 sec

Example: Quantity of water that flowed through the pipe

STUN GUN VOLTAGE: ONE OF THE BIGGEST, MOST DANGEROUS MYTHS IN PERSONAL SAFETY

What indicates strength is MICROCOULOMBS, which measure charge

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Remember that there’s no CURRENT without CHARGE. Think of our analogy. The CHARGE is analogous to the amount of water; you can have a still body of water.

However, you can’t have a CURRENT if there’s nothing for it to carry. The amount of CHARGE, or pain felt, is analogous to how wet you get. With a greater CURRENT, you can carry more CHARGE in a given period of time.

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MYTH:Voltage indicates stun gun strength.