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* FUN W/ELECTRONICS *
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Written and uploaded by: The King of Roo
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So, you want to make your parents proud; show them
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that you want to be an electrical engineer! Well, here are
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a few tricks that will thrill mom & dad!
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CAPACITORS
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These little buggers can do more damage than most
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objects their size. Let's start with the basics.
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Electrolytics: These are the little capacitors (usually blue
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or black in color) with the + symbols going down the side. The
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ones you find inside transistor radios usually are quite harm-
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less. But, you can find caps of mammoth proportions inside
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computer power supplies or your brothers expensive stero amp.
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Ok, what do you do with it?
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Electrolitics have one drawback; they don't like reverse
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polarity, and will breakdown when reverse biased. A small cap
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may just fizzle, smoke a little and die. But if you take a
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large cap, (100,000 uF and up) you can create a nice explosion.
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Don't do this at close range. Very large caps can be lethal
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when they go. Try connecting 120V across them and watch those
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suckers go. By the way, if you don't like somebody, charge them
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up PROPERLY and toss the charged cap at some unsuspecting
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person. They will get a shock they won't soon forget!
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Caps that you find inside large machines i.e. A/C units will
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also detonate, but they have to be short circuited. This is only
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for the very brave and very stupid!
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THERMISTORS
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These are also found inside power supplies, and those transient
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voltage outlet strips you get at any computer store. Thermistiors
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when subjected to very large voltage spikes, tend to explode and
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shatter, so be sure you stay far away if you hook up a bunch in
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parallel.
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Many people have tried to build shock type wands with
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automobile coils..... while this does produce a high voltage,
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it's a cumbersome way to do it. A better idea would be to
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use the flyback transformer one finds in the back of any TV set.
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These are much easier to operate, consume less power, and give
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you more shock for your dollar.
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That's all for now...... stay tuned to future articles.
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By the way, there are no plugs for boards at ther end of this
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article
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