Electric Chair Joule Thief

This is my first instructable so feel free to be as harsh and mean as you like, I apologize for the blurry photos, I am by no means rich or have nice toys, so on with it!
The electric chair joule thief requires . . . well . . . a joule thief, which is all explained Here . After this is accomplished, you will need a few things.

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Step 1: Stuff you probably need.

- Popsicle sticks
- Elmers all purpose glue, or any other general purpose white glue
- A thin metal plate ( I used the side of a 9v battery case)
- A few springs ( Can be found in flashlights, old pens or mechanical pencils)
- A "helmet" ( I used the cap off of a bottle of cleaning solution)
- Hot glue gun with ammo ( hot glue)
- Soldering iron with solder
- Small gauge wire
- Sand paper, 100 or finer
- Cutting utensil ( scissors, dremel, small saw)
- Small drill or dremel with small bit that can cut a hole for wire to go through

Again, apologies for poor photos

Once you get all your stuff together, time to begin.

dragontirex says: Feb 24, 2011. 4:58 PM

lol nice one man :_:

raykholo says: Jun 23, 2010. 4:56 AM

These are the $2 automatic wire strippers from goldmine, right? How is the quality; I was looking to purchase them.

dragonsniper says: Jun 7, 2010. 7:01 PM

i have those same wire strippers

jimmy65mx says: Dec 10, 2008. 6:01 PM

Where did you get your actual "joule thief"? btw, cool idea.

killrsheep says: Nov 23, 2008. 3:19 PM

Thats pretty cool! once a battery is unable to do its job it gets the chair!!! XD must add to favorites :)

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killerjackalope says: Jul 3, 2008. 8:56 PM

haha, I love this project... It's just weird, maybe adding a little figure that holds the battery would be a good addition...

Berkin in reply to killerjackalopeNov 22, 2008. 8:33 AM

I think there should be a 'Joule Thief Contest'. There are SO many possibilities when you build one of these. I'm going to try this!

LinuxH4x0r in reply to killerjackalopeJul 3, 2008. 9:17 PM

Maybe just add some wire arms and legs to the battery.

Focker (author) in reply to killerjackalopeJul 3, 2008. 9:14 PM

Yea, I was thinking about using some pipe cleaners to make some arms and hands to strap down to the chair arms, and maybe some googly eyes to the front of the helmet because. . . well who doesn't love googly eyes?

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killerjackalope in reply to FockerJul 3, 2008. 9:21 PM

Or an action figure hollowed out to hold the battery, more complicated but funny...

Berkin says: Nov 22, 2008. 8:31 AM

Nice, dude. Not bad!

GorillazMiko says: Jul 6, 2008. 5:42 PM

Now that is so cool. I'm definitely going to try this out.

A while ago I tried 1up's Joule Theif but kind of messed up.

I'M STILL GOING TO TRY THOUGH.
MWUAHAHAHA.

+5/5 stars.
(added to favorites)

theosullis in reply to GorillazMikoJul 23, 2008. 7:46 AM

sorry but i dont understand what this is supposed to do. And what a joule thief is, please explain.

Focker (author) in reply to theosullisJul 23, 2008. 3:06 PM

When you have "dead" batteries, there is usually still some power left in them, whether or not it has enough to power an electronic device, the joule thief is a circuit that drains the remaining power from your dead batteries by lighting up either an LED or small motor. It's basically for fun or for a first time electronics/LED project.