                             Making a Shock Rod

  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!


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Item    *  Description
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 C      * 500uF, 10-WVDC electrolytic capacitor
 C      * 2000uF, 15-WVDC electrolytic capacitor
 M      * 6-VDC battery
 M2,M   * Leads
 Q      * GE-3 transistor (2n555 will also do)
 R      * 15K potentiometer
 R      * 160-ohm resistor
 S      * Spst switch
 T      * 6.3-VAC filament transformer (Triad F-14x or equiv.)
 X      * 1N540 diode

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                      Schematics:

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