Bug Zapper Racket

What happens if i remove the resistors from the circuit of an electric fly swatter?

So i had this electric fly swatter that zaps bugs, i took the head off and left the 2 prongs exposed so i can use it as a stun rod. How can i make it stronger? I was thinking of de-soldering the resistors off of the board to make a larger shock, can i do this without damaging the circuit? Or is it possible to add a larger capacitor?

Public Comments

1. Even though its Christmas, this is a dumb question. You could kill yourself or someone else.
2. Apart from killing yourself, you'll short the battery and destroy the circuit
3. Remove the resistor shall disable the HV feeds to rod. This is a safety device. If you bypass it,make no change to HV but any animal or you could be killed if you touched the rod.
4. resistors there is safety device so that it will reduce electric current passing through object. if u want to make more voltage to make it stronger, you have to change with bigger value also, with assumption of both prongs shorted. it is better to build from new than altering designs, because there are some limitations for the current working conditions such as maximum current, maximum voltage, and everything in that circuit is almost the same. if you change something, the others need to be changed also. then why bother, just make a new one... it is extremely dangerous to play with HV. it kills, and worse it can paralyze nerve system PERMANENTLY....
5. resistance and current are inversly proportinal,so if remove resistors,then automatically,it would increase the current and may damage your device.
6. Im in electrical engineering 2 in high school and i strongly don't recommend that. Engineers place resistors to remove power from the circuit. If you remove the resistor then you will fry the swatter and maybe shock yourself.