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Testyour Nerves (P/E) : Tun Prrlacts Lol Lho Scilmaml

This document describes a circuit called "Test Your Nerves" that provides a mild shock when a loop is moved over a woven wire. The skill lies in navigating the loop around the wire without touching. If contact is made, a transformer converts the 1.5V battery power into high voltage pulses up to 400V, delivering a noticeable shock. The circuit is housed in a small plastic box with long wires to prevent pulls when shocked. Touching points and twisted connection wires ensure isolation.

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Testyour Nerves (P/E) : Tun Prrlacts Lol Lho Scilmaml

This document describes a circuit called "Test Your Nerves" that provides a mild shock when a loop is moved over a woven wire. The skill lies in navigating the loop around the wire without touching. If contact is made, a transformer converts the 1.5V battery power into high voltage pulses up to 400V, delivering a noticeable shock. The circuit is housed in a small plastic box with long wires to prevent pulls when shocked. Touching points and twisted connection wires ensure isolation.

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tunPrrlacts

NERVES(P/E)
TESTYOUR
Thiscircuitputsyourmanualskillsto a livelytest.Asshownin theschematic
diagram,the circuithasa smallloopthatyoumustnavigate arounda wire.
Theobjectof thegameis to guidetheloopovertheweaving coursewithout
touchingthewire.
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A slightmisdjudgementor quiverof the handandthe ringwillcontactthe j


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weaving wire,enabling (butinoffen-
thecircuitthatwillproducea noticeable
sive)shock!
to playthe gamedependslargelyon the sizeof the loop
Theskillrequired
andthedegreeof twistandturnin thewire.
Scoringis a matterof countingthenumberof timestheplayeris atfected
by
a shock!The person withthe lowest (or
total no wins.
touch)
froma D cell,asthecurrentdrainis highwhentheloop
Thecircuitis powered
touchesthewire.Whennotin use,don'tleavetheringandwiretogether.This
willcausethebatteryto rundownin a shorttime.
of thedeviceis shownin Figurel.The heartof theproject
A circuitdiagram
thatconverts1.5VDCintohigh-voltage
is thetransformer pulsesup to 400
volts.
is shownin Figurc2.
viewof themounting
A mechanical
canbe housedin a smallplasticbox.Wiresto the loop
All the components
andweavingwireshouldbe 2 or 3 feetlongto preventpull-outs
whenthe
playeris struck.
the isolation
Observe the pointswherethe playertouchesandthe
between
wire.ThetwowiresthatconnectX2 shouldbetwisted.
weaving
witha 117VACprimaryandsecondary
T1 is anysmalltransformer coilrang-
ingbetween 3 and9V.Currentdraincanrangefrom100to 500mAwhenthe
wiretouchestheloop.

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Prdcct8f lostlbul lorms

-v
- ^ n ^ Ay\^
B1
1.5V
u/v x2

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Figure2

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PartsList-TestYour Nerves
T1 - Anytransformer witha 117VACcoiland low-voltage
secondary- see text
81 -1.5V-Dcell

X1 - Loop- see text

X2 - Weavingwire - see text

ldeas to Explore

or to learnmoreaboutthe circuit:
To get betterperformance
o Explainwhythe transformer doesnot operatewith DC butthatthis
projectis ableto generatehighvoltageusingthatdevice.

o Whathappensif the loopis placedtogetherwiththeweavingwire?


Why it is necessaryto avoidthis condition?

Scienceprojects:
o Changesin the projectcan be madeto generatehighvoltagefrom
Nervestimulation
cellsin experiments. can be triedusingthis simple
circuit.
o Neonor fluorescent lampswiredbetweenthe loopand wire will
flashwhenthe loopand wiretouch.Thisexperiment can be usedto
provethat highvoltageis generated
by the circuit.

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