"Jim Wilkins" fired this volley in news:lr44uf$ns8
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Unlike a power transformer they can't by design put out much current.
The HF yellow bug swatter for example charges the screen up to 700V
but the inverter in mine can deliver only 7 milliAmps continuously
into a short circuit such as an ammeter.

Heh! What's NOT fatal to a human ain't necessarily not fatal to a
friggin' mud dauber! I keep one of those near the front door, which
always seems to attract wasps. Whenever someone comes or goes through
that door in the summer, there's about a 20% chance a wasp will come in.

The HF Swatter gits 'em every time.

Except, I have to say, if you ONLY shock a wasp with one, it seldom kills
them; at least not right away. They seem to be able to recover from
enormous damage -- even arcs.

Lloyd