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Switch for Quiz Game from Plastic Bottles

Switch for Quiz Game from Plastic Bottles
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This pair of switches mounted inside a plastic Bottle uses a very simple circuit to control the LED Lights. After one button is pushed, it's lights will turn on, thus disabling the the other set of lights.

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Step 1Step 1 - What you will need.

Step 1 - What you will need.
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Materials:

- 2 Small plastic bottles.
- 2 Medium plastic bottles.
- 16 Screws.
- 2 X 6.5cm long - 20mm diameter PVC pipe.
- 2 X 6.5cm long - 25mm diameter PVC pipe.
- Double layer fiber glass PCB
- 2 Springs (Made of a weldable metal)
- 2 Normally open push buttons
- 5 Green LEDs
- 5 Red LEDs
- Cable with 4 wires
- 2 NPN Low power transistors (I used BC337)
- 2 X 330ohms resistors
- 2 X 10Kohms resistors
- 9V Battery and clip

And Also:
Soldering iron, scissors, screw driver, saw, tape, glue gun.
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4 comments
May 20, 2009. 1:55 PMLuizmontiel says:
hey were can i get all my supplies
Jan 22, 2009. 4:52 AMsaxman2006 says:
What would it take to add a third circuit to this set-up? I don't know very much about electronics.
Jan 20, 2009. 10:58 PMSparkington says:
Circuit diagram would be nice

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