How do you reduce battery voltage?

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Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:50 pm

According to Wikipedia, .005 amps is the most current a human can take without danger to themselves. Like I said, tazers run at around .002 amps. Just remember, volts don't kill, amps do. If you're running anything that creates more than .005 amps, it's dangerous.
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Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:57 pm

it takes .3 amps to kill you.
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