Bus protection? Taser?

[cody]

How about a vandegraff generator with the leads running thru the shell? lol

[Len Silva]

My position would be to turn the whole bus into a taser.  Flip a switch and light up the skin with 20,000 volts or so.  It's not going to hurt you inside the bus, but you can bet nobody is coming in.

Len are you serious on this? I can't tell. It seems this was discussed before on here or another car forum I'm on. Either way, in the 90's it was presented for cars and the liability issues were huge.
I'd love to do it on my cars though, especially on the hood of my GTX! Back in high school in the 70's I used to build all sorts of electrical devices which did such things but I got in trouble when I knocked the electronics teacher across the room with a small hand held, 9v battery powered box. Essentially a beefed up DC-DC converter. It almost got me kicked out of school.

This all sort of reminds me of Home Alone where he sticks the charcoal heater on the door knob.

No, I wasn't really serious, but an electric fence charger would deliver a hard, non lethal jolt.  I would do it if I were really concerned about bad guys.  Generally, I am not.

My present MH is all fiberglass anyway, so I'll just remain helpless.

[Depewtee]

One thing I can't understand though!!  How the he!! Did you ride a taser more than once?  Not me ever again.  It ain't that it hurts but it feels like a tornado a hurricane and a volcano are all trying to rush through your body at the same time.  Never again.

The first several times I was exposed to the effects of the TASER it was with the M26 model - for sake of discussion we will call the "analog" version.  The majority of tazes were by the X26 - the newer "digital" model.  The TASER works by sending "pulses of electricity" through your body designed to cause the muscles in your body to involuntarily contract at the prescribed pulse rate.  TASER has played with the pulse rate and the duration of the entire "burst" for years.  I can further describe the older M26s as "dirty electricity" compared to the X26's "clean electricity."  The X26 is much easier "to ride" than the M26.  I have not been exposed to the new X3 model, but I would assume it is comparable to the X26 - just with more bells and whistles.  See a promotional video on the X3 here.

While you are watching videos, here is a promotional video for the MX version of the TASER.  The MX was designed for use in large animal control - think bears, elk, moose, etc.  This is probably the most viewed of all of the TASER videos.  Bull vs. TASER video.

I would still rather be exposed to the TASER for five seconds, than to a one second blast of Oleoresin Capsicum (aka Pepper Spray).

Brian S.

[bebackbus]

I travel through Canada about every year and mace is not legal.  I was asked about mace and I  said I don't have mace but I do have bear spray.  That was just fine as long as it is labeled bear spray.

I think bear spray should do quite nicely for protection.

[John316]

Thank you all very much. That answers a lot of questions.

What about the states that don't allow them. Would unloaded in a bay be okay? I guess I would have to call them about that.

Clifford, you have the X3, correct?

Again, thanks for the advice and recommendations.

God bless,

John