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Hi,
Can anyone help me with making a device that will allow me to shock squirrels on my birdfeeder. Nothing lethel, just a little jolt that would keep them away. I found these instructions for making a toy shocker, but can't figure out the wiring. Can anyone help me with this?
Shocker Instructions
These instructions will show you how to build a 9V-powered shocker; the parts I specify will generate a quick, minor, non-painful burst, but it could be adapted easily to increase the power of the "zap".
Parts needed:
1 9V battery
1 10K resistor
1 transformer (Radio Shack #273-1380)
1 relay (Radio Shack #275-241)
1 22F capacitor (Radio Shack #272-1026)
1 momentary switch (suggestion: Radio Shack #275-1571)
1 9V battery connector (Radio Shack #270-325)
Plus a soldering iron, a few bits of wire as needed, and a box to put it in
Total cost, without the soldering iron: about $10.
Here is the circuit itself; sorry that the ASCII representation is so painful to look at (using high ASCII chars it's a lot more readable):
N.O. N.C. [=========]
+-----------[-- --]-----------+ | [
/ ] |
+-----------[-@@@@@@@-]------+ | (contacts) (batt) | [ / ] | | +-----------------------o
----------- + [ | ] | | | +--VVVVVV---o
----- - [=========] | | | | (resistor) | | (relay) | | | | | --- | | | | | | v --- (cap) | | +-@@@@@@@@@-+ | --- | | | ========= (transformer)
+---- -----------(-----------+ +--------@@@@@---+ | (switch) | |
+----------------+---------------------------------+
Can anyone interpret this for me? I want to rig up a device with a button inside the house that we can push when we see squirrels on the feeder to send a little jolt into them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Andrew
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