No melee weapons

A little more precisely, it adds noise to your nerve system.
Not only does that control your muscle movements, but there's a lot of other 'communication' running trough them: your senses (pain, heat, cold, touch/pressure, etc.). Because of the high voltage, the electricity will manage its way trough clothing and skin, but because of the low amperage it will not do any real damage.

However, it does add a lot of noise to the signals running trough your nerves. This renders your body unable to 'deceipher' the real messages coming from your brain. Because of this the target often faces confusion and becomes unbalanced. If the charges (roughly) have the same frequency as a human body, it'll also cause the muscles to do a lot of work in little time - the spasms you'll probably think of first. This literally causes the target to become too tired to move.

Back to the point on how it would affect zombies: pain, heat and cold don't really matter, but the muscle movements will still do their job. However, that is assuming the frequency of the Zombie's electrical signals is roughly the same as a human's. The virus could have mutated this.
Also, the confusion and disturbance of balance might or might not be affected. These three are all determined by the virus, and thus by the writers.
They can go any way they like without being inconsistent or scientifically wrong (as far as these zombies go).

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Originally Posted by cPT.cAPSLOCK

Because of the high voltage, the electricity will manage its way trough clothing and skin, but because of the low amperage it will not do any real damage.

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I was thinking it could be a way to take out the behemoths. Hit him with the tazer, immobilize him then he's ripe for the picking. Since they don't get tired and are impervious to pain.

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Originally Posted by cpt.capslock

a little more precisely, it adds noise to your nerve system.
Not only does that control your muscle movements, but there's a lot of other 'communication' running trough them: Your senses (pain, heat, cold, touch/pressure, etc.). Because of the high voltage, the electricity will manage its way trough clothing and skin, but because of the low amperage it will not do any real damage.

However, it does add a lot of noise to the signals running trough your nerves. This renders your body unable to 'deceipher' the real messages coming from your brain. Because of this the target often faces confusion and becomes unbalanced. If the charges (roughly) have the same frequency as a human body, it'll also cause the muscles to do a lot of work in little time - the spasms you'll probably think of first. This literally causes the target to become too tired to move.

Back to the point on how it would affect zombies: Pain, heat and cold don't really matter, but the muscle movements will still do their job. However, that is assuming the frequency of the zombie's electrical signals is roughly the same as a human's. The virus could have mutated this.
Also, the confusion and disturbance of balance might or might not be affected. These three are all determined by the virus, and thus by the writers.
They can go any way they like without being inconsistent or scientifically wrong (as far as these zombies go).

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^^^^ nerd! XD

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Originally Posted by StepLaugh

^^^^ nerd! XD

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lmao!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Hollomandious

Angel had the hockey stick when the guns wouldn't work. Michael and Pegs had that boat pole thingy. Datu smashed the shiz outta that one post samantha having tea w/ Ink. And i consider falling couches & tv's to be melee weapons.

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when did angel use a hockey stick? the arena?

ROFL.. Step, you were so wrong for that one!

One of my points is that Melee weapons are an after thought, weapon of chance instead of a primary or back up weapon. Oh and Capt, I think Saul is the only one in the group with a Crocodile Dundee'ish knife! I'm not sure how many arrows you can make from a sofa leg. Matter of fact, how they'd even make a bow. This is LA right? Do high rises still have "Break in case of emergency" axes? LOL.
Angel left the stick. Me, i'd have kept it and shaped the inside curve with a cutting edge. One makeshift axe! Not a very strong one, but it's enough of a weapon when you don't have one. Hell, give me a BFR in a sock!

Capt. That was super thoughtful, I totally give props, no hard feeling. :D

And Crowbar can you say Scythe, that's be sooo badass!

Also yeah he used it in the area.

Don't worry Step, I got it was (mostly) a joke ;)
If I find something interesting, I tend to do some basic research on the subject, to understand how it works. A few months back I've seen someone get hit by a stungun (voluntarily, as part of a demonstration on their effect), and I had a talk with the instructor afterwards. In this case, he explained the basics to me, and I continued reading a bit at home.

@CrowBar, there must be some woodshops or Do-It-Yourself stores around town. All they need is some wood planks.
Get 3 - 7 ones that are roughly 0.5 - 1cm thick, 2 - 4cm wide and different lengths. Align the middles, get some duct tape. Then make a cut in the longest plank's ends (*).
You'll get something like this:

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Find a rope (preferably a nylon string), make a knot on both ends, place each end in one of the cuts and you've got yourself a bow:

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I know this sketch is really really basic, but you hopefully you get the idea.
These bows work surprisingly well, especially if you use the right wood.

Capt,

Remember, they're in LA. It's straight urban. Pawn shops, corner stores and gas stations. There are 3 Home Depots in LA and they're proabably way too far out and unsecure. They'd be better off hitting a sporting good store, Military surplus or hope Amazon.com still delivers. ROFL!
Your very last sentence is the crutch. The right wood. LA remember? Concrete Jungle. They'd have a better chance of making rock slings than making bows and arrows.
Lastly, a machine shop is noisy as fugg brother! They might as well ring the dinner bell. Their noise and light discipline is crappy as it is (Sorry KC).
but you know what? I have a couple Air Force SERE instructor and a Combat Controller working right down the hall. I'll pick their brains at lunch about makeshift weapons in an urban setting. heheh, i can't wait to see their look when I mention Zombies are the reason i'm asking.