I am looking for an EE with basic circuit design experience

I'm an inventor and need some help with a couple of electronic devices. I've designed a new type of stun gun, and need not only the smallest, but highest power output as possible. There will also be some minor circuitry requirements for arming/activating, charging, etc.
I seek to find someone that I can work long term with, as I have more significant projects coming up.

This should be interesting. Are you looking for a scape goat? Stun devices can kill, but you know that.

I don't know about the safety issue - even eating old sweat socks will kill you if you have enough. I assume that you have covered this - it's your idea and your neck - I'll design it to your specifications. In cases like this you are responsible for the application. My other protection is that I'm too poor to bother suing. However, I won't do anything I think is stupid.

I have gobs of experience with circuit design and pc board layout , mostly industrial controls but including high voltage work, specifically using pcb traces and e-core ferrite material for high voltage transformers. I can and have produced boards that were used in UL and ETL approved equipment, sold in the US, Canada and Australia.

What I don't know is how to make contact. I'm hesitant about publishing my email - I get enough spam already (How to they know I need Viagra?).

- Stephen

There is the facility on a person's EEWeb homepage to send messages, is that not private ?

Hi Stephen,

You sound perfect. My email is: brianwalker55(_at_)gmail.com
I'll plan on contacting you in the next day or so.

Brian

Brian, Stephen, as you have caught our attention, please would you keep us posted as to the outcome of this venture ?

Perhaps (without giving away any industrial secrets) you could share the story of the concepts and development ?

If you are that good at what you say you are You woudnt be advertising for engineers

In fact by simply advertsing for engineers to do this, you are if not liscensed under the firearms act, contravening the law in the Uk

This is classified as enticing persons to break the law so they can have you charged just for doing this

Secondly You,d also know that what you are doing could be highly illegal and that anyone found assisting you could find themsvelves being charged under the firearms act since you would have to be liscenced to manufacture these under firearm liscensing laws

In the Uk I know this definately applies They are extremley hot on this

Other countries I dont what thier laws are regarding this but at any rate The international law is changing with respect to a lot of this now

IF you are caught doing this illegally you could find yourselves if assisting or manufacturing or any part of being extradited to another country to face trial under this act

You need to be very carefull about this but its entirely your choice

Pesonally Id want to have all facts in front of me and I would want to know how your company insurance would cover me plus the legalities of this for fear of such a device causing severe casualty, death in some cases, eg people with pacemakers,heart conditions etc, or falling into the wrong hands, which you know as well as most sensible people do will be used to inflict harm and severe injury

Even if you are liscenced you still face trial on possible charges of manslaughter, if anything should go wrong or malfunction in such mannor that injury might result in which case you would have to prove you were left with no other choice but to resort to using devices such as this

However in the uk the stun gun it is still classified as an offensive weapon covered under the firearms act, now also under the terrorism act

Thats a heavy sentance and can mean life imprisonment or deportation now which they are now doing in certain cases

Its considered and treated as severly as selling unliscenced fireworks equateable to possessing illegal explosive matarials for the purpose of manufacture or to be used to inflict harm or injury or conseiving to do any of the above plus of course the general health and saftey standards that apply

Finally in the Uk "A rediculous law couldnt agree with you more on this " Self defence is considered a priviledge not a right " Crazy law but it is still the law in the UK

Check out: www.stungunscheaper.com. Stun guns are legal in the U.S. (with the exception of 7 states, soon to change), and anyone with a drivers license can manufacture them. A stun gun CANNOT cause severe injury or death, not unless you build one with that as your objective. What a joke, 4 AAA batteries killing someone! What you've heard is urban rumors. There have been a handful of stun gun related deaths (usually from Tasers, which deliver long, 15 second blasts), but in every case, the victims had serious per-existing heart conditions.
And why the personal jab about "...if I was as good as a say I am, I wouldn't need help...". I made no claims as to how "good" I am, I just asked for some help because I'm clueless when it comes to electronics.
Enjoy your life (?) in the joly UK, but please don't cross the pond.

It can kill people and does kill people especially those with a heart condition or pacemaker 4 AA batteries makes no difference its the discharge of the capacitor thought a high voltage tx that does the damage but then if you know anything about capacitors you would also know that the intstantanious current is at it highest delivery on full charge Current being at max on discharge

Expanding further in relation to this if you manufacture in the uk or the states and these device do cause harm injury or whatever and either decides their is case to answer for You will be extradited to that country concerned to face trial I hope you fully understand this

That is international law I dont make those laws Governments make those we simply have to abide by those laws it is that simple

The legalisms are quite complex, mainly for the use of the lawyers. Manslaughter usually requires you to have an expectation that what you do could cause harm. For example jumping out from behind a door and scaring someone who has a heart attack is not manslaughter unless this would cause a heart attack normally or if you knew it might in the individual you scared. I know of one case where a guy scared someone who had just returned from open heart surgery and was on light duty. The guy who scared him knew it so he was convicted of manslaughter.

It also depends on the circumstances of the act. If you are a woman defending herself from an attack by a large man it is very different from a large man who is just trying one on people to see them wet themselves for giggles. These are particular to the user, not the manufacturer. These devices are sold commonly.

Of course if you make one that is much more powerful than the average and advertise it as such, or call it "The Terminator" you are both stupid and asking for trouble.

Brian,

I just read your post and believe I maybe able to help you. Contact me if you have not found anyone and you're interested.

Regards,

Carlos

Use a can of hairspray or deodorant or a swift kick in the you now what How easy dont have to do anything illegal at all then do you

Use a can of hairspray or deodorant Dont have to do anything illegal at all then do you or involve yourself in anything like this How easy can this be

That is of course easy for you to say. Try telling a woman who has been attacked that it would have been EASY to have prevented it and see how that works.