[Fantasy-Tech] Much Earlier Electrostatics

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by malloyd

The problem is there really aren't any. Those electrostatic motors aren't going to power any useful defenses, given that they have outputs best measured in milliwatts. .

Tasers and contact stunners have outputs measured in milliwatts. Tasers aren't supposed to exceed 4 milliwatts and they risk stopping someone's heart at 8.

No doubt there's some other reason this wouldn't work (like maybe voltage, Tasers need high voltage) but "milliwatts" isn't it.