I gotta build me one uh these!

[taj]

xkcd: Circuit Diagram

(it's okay, it's safe.)

..Todd

 

[chris661]

With more than 700v across some places, I'd be careful.

Apart from that, looks like an almost reasonable circuit design.

The "to center of the sun" part may be a little tricky, I'll have a mess-around with some worm-holes and get that bit sorted for you.

 

[Andrew Eckhardt]

The ground into a beaker of holy water blew me away.

 

[Cal Weldon]

I know what the moral rectifier does but what is the vibrator for?

EDIT: Never mind, my wife just told me.

 

[taj]

I'm going to copy the "touch tongue here" subcircuit and put these connections on my tube amp circuits. I wonder how much the designer charges for the arduino code...

Crap, I just noticed they didn't specify the electric eel voltage. Not sure which species to use. Maybe the neck strap has a rating that will provide a clue.

..Todd

 

[amp_guy]

hmmm looks oddly familiar...... think I was inside that chassis once when I was a service tech

 

[godfrey]

Scarab beetles and holy water? - this must be the audiophile version

 

[c2cthomas]

Hmmmmmmm........... I spy a container of "Magic Smoke" AND a light bulb load. I suspect that this designer has been around some of "Papa's" Zen Amps - and with a huge solder blob in there I have narrowed the list down to only a few suspects. Anyone seen ZM around lately?

 

[chris661]

Scarab beetles and holy water? - this must be the audiophile version

Yeah, but only if you attach special rocks to the beetles, and dissolve some into the water.

... Then add some quantum purifiers to keep the electric eel happy.

 

[Tubelab_com]

There was an electronics magazine in the 60's that ran a column called noteworthy circuits. It was either Popular Electronics or Radio Electronics. Every April issue contained a version called notworthy circuits. The diagrams resembled this sketch. Since transistors were not too popular with home builders yet most were tube circuits. The one that I remember contained things like the grid leak (a dripping water faucet) the plate load (a dinner plate) the dog bone resistor, the heater, and other oddball items with names similar to actual circuit components. I guess nobody saved this old stuff.

 

[Zen Mod]

@ ctc

that was one of my early pieces ;

long before when I was thought about humility ,modesty and mighty-ness ........ studying GR's long posts and Papa's one-liners , in same time .

there is Buda , even in these early works of mine (just look sideways , and you'll spot it )

 

[Charles Darwin]

I'm going to copy the "touch tongue here" subcircuit and put these connections on my tube amp circuits. I wonder how much the designer charges for the arduino code...

Crap, I just noticed they didn't specify the electric eel voltage. Not sure which species to use. Maybe the neck strap has a rating that will provide a clue.

..Todd

Luckily there is only one species of electric eel but it has two types of electricity generating organs. The Sachs organ produces 10V/25Hz for orientation in murky water while Hunters organ is capable of producing 500V/1A/several hundred Hz to stun or kill prey or for self-defense.

 

[Moondog55]

Just wondering if substitutes were acceptable in circuits, I have no access to eels but electric rays are plentiful, can I use wasps ( or WASPs ) in place of scarabs??

 

[chris661]

Not sure.

I think you'd have to play around with the parallel resistor for those beetles.
For the electric eel/ray/cat, changing the settings on the blender should level things out again.

 

[Charles Darwin]

Just wondering if substitutes were acceptable in circuits, I have no access to eels but electric rays are plentiful, can I use wasps ( or WASPs ) in place of scarabs??

I suppose you could substitute one eel with two rays as they only produce about half the voltage.

As for replacing the dung beetles (scarabs) with wasps I would probably try 1-2 hornets for each, or any other, similarly sized beetle. But beware of bomardier beetles, they might just spontaneously combust.

 

[taj]

The neck straps are getting difficult to source! I'm looking at DIY options now. What do people normally use for electrodes in this situation? I was thinking of a belly-band shield from an old transformer, but it's only long enough for small pet necks.

Also, I ran out of NPNP transistors, can I just use an NPN in series with a complementary PNP, and tie their bases together?

..Todd

 

[chris661]

You'd have to get the transistors to overlap just right.

A belt may work for a neck strap, but trial and improvement to find the best sounding one will be essential.

 

[Zen Mod]

.....

Also, I ran out of NPNP transistors, can I just use an NPN in series with a complementary PNP, and tie their bases together?

...

use two of newest NP's , in cascode ;

 

[Cal Weldon]

I am hoping tonight I get to see one of those warm fronts. I'm tired of being a tear collector.