Making a Shock Rod

 Making a Shock Rod

By

Circle Lord

This handy little circuit is the key to generating THOUSANDS of volts of electricity for warding off attackers (notice the plural). It generates it all from a hefty 6-volt source and is easily fit into a tubular casing. Originally used as a fence charger, this circuit can be put to other uses such as: charging a whole row of lockers at school, a row of theater seats, or a metal bleacher set in the gym. More on this later.

To build this, all you need is a GE-3 transistor, a 6.3-volt transformer, and a handful of spare parts from old radios. The ammount of shock you wish to generate is determined by the setting of potentiometer R1, a 15,000 ohm variable resistor. Hint: for maximum shock, set R1 at maximum!

Item # * Description

C1 * 500uF, 10-WVDC electrolytic capacitor
C2 * 2000uF, 15-WVDC electrolytic capacitor
M1 * 6-VDC battery
M2,M3 * Leads
Q1 * GE-3 transistor (2n555 will also do)
R1 * 15K potentiometer
R2 * 160-ohm resistor
S1 * Spst switch
T1 * 6.3-VAC filament transformer (Triad F-14x or equiv.)
X1 * 1N540 diode

Schematics:

+---C1--------------+
1 1 HOT
1 +-----+ 1 LEAD
+---1
R1* + 1 +--->)(
+-->* 1 1 1 )(
1 * +--+ 1 1 )(-->
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 TO
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 GND
1 * C2 1 +---1----+
1 R2 1 1 1 1
1 * 1 1 1 X1 1
+---+--+--1---------1-->-+
1 +/- 1 1
+*M1*-*S1*+ GND -