Step 9: Hardest part ever... Step 5
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Solder the 0v of the battery wire to the emitter of the transistor, solder the positive voltage of the battery wire to the pin 2 of the transformer, and solder the high voltage output wire to the cathode of the diode and the capacitor.
Solder the 0v of the battery wire to the emitter of the transistor, solder the positive voltage of the battery wire to the pin 2 of the transformer, and solder the high voltage output wire to the cathode of the diode and the capacitor.
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caseygibs
says:
Sep 11, 2008. 6:51 PMReply
"...and solder the high voltage output wire to the CATHODE of the diode and the capacitor. I believe that the cathode should say ANODE of the diode, because in the step 7 picture it shows and says the anode is on the bottom. Sorry if I'm wrong.
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to Sep 13, 2008. 7:37 AMReplyUmm, I hate to say this to you, but you are wrong... And yes, I know the way the shocker was built is very confusing.
elrobster
in reply to May 31, 2010. 12:25 AMReply
wait, so if the side of the diode that is the high voltage wire is the cathode, why in step 7 did you label it as the anode in your picture?
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arzthaus
in reply to Mar 24, 2009. 9:22 PMReply
the stock cap is 80uF and when charged to 250 volts like it normally is will probably burn someone's skin. If you discharge it with a screwdriver and look at what it does to the screwdriver, you'll know what I mean.
Captain Dyson
in reply to Mar 28, 2009. 6:23 AMReply
this one time I touched a turned on neon strip light connector and my whole body just shook and I was paralised for a few seconds I was left with the 3 pin burns in the tip of my finger for a few days as well
Captain Dyson
in reply to Mar 28, 2009. 6:23 AMReply
great fun though
pyrofirelighter
says:
Apr 17, 2009. 9:34 AMReply
so the 0v red wire goes to the negative battery terminal, the 1.5v wire to the positive battery terminal. great, i get that- but how can you shock someone with only one high voltage output wire? do you solder another wire to the cathode of the capacitor? thanks- pyrofirelighter.
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to Apr 17, 2009. 11:14 AMReplyThe high voltage return point is actually the positive terminal of the battery. Connect another wire to the positive terminal of the battery that what will be the high voltage ground.
pyrofirelighter
in reply to Apr 19, 2009. 12:32 AMReply
thanks plasmana, genius!
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to Apr 21, 2009. 2:20 PMReplyYour welcome.
pyrofirelighter
in reply to Apr 25, 2009. 8:45 AMReply
oh sorry to bother again, but could i use one of those really small black resistors with the numbers on it instead? my camera flash board didn't have 4 band ones before you ask, yes i have found a 220 ohm one- the numbers are "221" on the resistor thanks again, great instructable
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-henry-
in reply to Apr 25, 2009. 9:58 AMReply
You could try the smaller surface-mount resistor, but keep in mind that the wattage might be too low. If your shocker stops working, try a normal resistor.
pyrofirelighter
in reply to Apr 25, 2009. 11:42 AMReply
i'll try.
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-henry-
in reply to Apr 25, 2009. 12:09 PMReply
Good. Tell me how it works.
pyrofirelighter
in reply to Apr 29, 2009. 10:52 AMReply
hang on. i've just started unsoldering everything, but when i touched the Surface mounted resistor with my iron, i heard and saw very small sparks. is this a good thing? I am sure my soldering iron dosen't pass current though the tip...
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-henry-
in reply to Apr 30, 2009. 5:22 PMReply
Did you discharge the big capacitor? The sparks should be fine, test the resistor with a multimeter to make sure the resistance is still 220 ohms. Most soldering iron tips are grounded, so the residual electricity from the capacitor was grounded through the soldering iron.
pyrofirelighter
in reply to May 1, 2009. 8:58 AMReply
yes, i did discharge the capacitor... i'm ashamed to say i don't have multimeter at the moment! :( but i'm getting one soon. also, i think my transistor broke. i don't have another one exactly like it, but i have one that looks exactly the same(besides the code) and is probably the same type can i use it?
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bylerfamily
in reply to Jun 13, 2009. 2:11 PMReply
After the main capacitor is discharged,the film capacitor can still give a jolt...
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-henry-
in reply to May 1, 2009. 9:26 AMReply
You can test the resistor this way: Hook it up with an LED and a 9V battery. If the LED lights and doesn't burn out, the resistor should be fine. The other transistor probably won't work, because it's a different part, but you could still try... (it might also be a NPN transistor)
pyrofirelighter
in reply to May 29, 2009. 12:40 AMReply
yes the resistor is working, whats going to be hard is soldering it BTW i have a whole bunch of those transistors from a crappy toy, so i can afford to make mistakes to extent.
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jpoopdog
says:
May 18, 2009. 1:57 AMReplydo you connect the red and the red wires?
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jpoopdog
says:
May 18, 2009. 1:56 AMReplyif i had 2 copper wires 1mm apart and they were stuck like that could i use that as a detonator/ignition switch for my spudgun/sparklerbombs?
pyrofirelighter
says:
Apr 17, 2009. 9:37 AMReply
just an idea to make it really tiny, use a coin cell battery instead of the AAA or whatever it is. now that would be pocket sized! hey- make a shocker wristwatch!
bodhi.evans
in reply to May 15, 2009. 10:42 AMReply
Ye, u could have a ratchet system on it, so that once u got it on, it ain comin off. MWYHAHAHAAHAAAAA lol
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to Apr 17, 2009. 11:12 AMReplyYes, you can use a coin cell battery to make it really small.
TheDeviant13
in reply to May 20, 2009. 11:22 PMReply
I am going to try to wire it to a rechargeble battery out of a generic havic heli that I have which is 3.7 volts@ 75 mA and I am putting another in the remote to a broken tower fan for use against my brothers if they get "troublesome" or I just fell like it but a very good instructable.
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to May 24, 2009. 2:47 PMReplylol, that should teach them to leave your stuff alone :-)
TheDeviant13
in reply to May 25, 2009. 12:42 PMReply
It was a good idea until I found out they liked to get shocked with it oh well just need to make a stun gun or something else to use against them. xD
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to May 25, 2009. 3:29 PMReplyHaha! maybe a little bit of acid will do the trick, it will hurt for hours, lol :-)
TheDeviant13
in reply to May 25, 2009. 6:47 PMReply
ouch or touch my Flash capacitor bank to him it is made with 8 330volt 80uF capacitors wired together also I took my shocker I built and hooked it up to a CFL bulb and it lit it up and made it flash very fast with a fresh AA battery.
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to May 26, 2009. 3:43 AMReplyWait, you managed to discharg the capacitor bank through the CFL?
TheDeviant13
in reply to May 27, 2009. 10:27 AMReply
No what I did is I hooked the shocker up to the two prongs on the lamp cord sorry I worded it wrong I also meant to say I am working on a capacitor bank but I only hooked the shocker up to the cfl not a capacitor bank sorry for the confusion.
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to May 29, 2009. 1:26 PMReplyAhh... But I still want to want to see what happens if I discharge a photo capacitor through a CFL then use my big capacitor bank. Muahahaha!
TheDeviant13
in reply to May 29, 2009. 7:14 PMReply
That does sound like a lot of fun though.
pyrofirelighter
in reply to Apr 19, 2009. 12:32 AMReply
cool i'll get to work straight away. thanks again
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Plasmana (author)
in reply to May 24, 2009. 2:47 PMReplyNo problem!
elmynase
says:
Dec 4, 2008. 11:47 AMReply
so, as soon as you touch both "0v" and "-450v" you get the shock right ?? I 'dd like to add a capacitor. Do you have any idea to where I have to solder it ?? any way, good instructable and good job plasmana !! :)
TheDeviant13
in reply to Apr 30, 2009. 3:56 PMReply
No -450 and +1.5
cornflaker
in reply to Dec 19, 2008. 8:58 PMReply
Basically this circuit is actually designed to charge the capacitor that came in your camera, just connect the capacitor to the 0v and -450v wires (make sure the negative side of the cap gets connected to the the -450v wire) then ofcourse just touch the wires from the cap to the victim. The charging circuit gives a consistent 450v shock, but the cap will dump all of its power in an instant so this circuit is usually better.
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