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CHARTREUSE BOX
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By: Wonko The Sane
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Introduction
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The Chartreuse Box, so named because this is an obnoxious box and
chartreuse is an obnoxious color, is designed to take advantage
of the thousands of dollars Ma Bell pays to the electric company
each day. As you know, your telephone line is a constant power
source. The chart box is designed to allow you to tap that power
source for whatever sicko purposes you might have in mind.
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Parts
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[1]- 1 four prong to modular phone adapter (the rectangular
beige boxes with phone line jacks at one end and four
prongs out the other.)
[2]- 1 low power broad range rheostate.
[3]- some wire
[4]- a soldering iron
[5]- some electric tape
[6]- a 70 vlt. DC fuse (optional)
[7]- 1 SPST switch
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Assembly
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Plug the adapter into a phone line, and use a multitester to note
which posts are charged. Use a magic marker to mark the posi-
tive and negative poles. Do this first.
Take the adapter, and turn it upside down. You should obser-
vethat the bottom fits into the top. Use a pocketknife, small
screwdriver, battle axe etc. to remove the bottom. Don't break
it.
Detach the two wires not connected to charged poles, and scrap
em. Detach the other two wires as well. Take your rheostat, and
mount it on the outside of the box, drilling a small hole in the
box, to run wires through.
Run wire from the charged connections from the line jack, through
the rheostat, to the charged poles. (see diagram).
positive line
\/ +---------+
---------..... : :
linejack+ :......#:rheostat :#........(fuse)....[=====]
---------.. : :
:... +---------+
:............#.........................[=====]
negative line
Key: # - Rheostate poles
. - Wiring path
[=]- Outside posts
Attach the fuse somewhere in the line if you feel like it. When
the phone rings 90 volts of pulsing DC power get shot down your
line, and can really fuck up whatever you have the chart box
hooked up to. Therefore, the fuse is a good idea.
You can also hook a switch up to the wiring, to give you more
control over when power starts to flow. Once all the wiring is
complete, push the wires and the fuse into the casing, and re-
close it. Then tape around the side of the box, to hold the wires
that come out to the rheostat down. I highly recommend that you
mark the charged posts with a marker, so you can easily identify
them.
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Usage
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To use the chart box, hook it up to a phone line, and grab a mul-
titester or voltmeter. Use the voltmeter to read off the voltage
from your chart box. You can get up to 12 volts (more if you use
a transformer) from the box, but you can use the rheostat to
calibrate the box for whatever voltage you need. Once the voltage
is set, remove the box from the line, hook your device up to the
charged poles, and plug the box back in. If you're really in a
constructive mood, build a switch into the box. Now leech Ma
Bell's precious energy to your hearts content.
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Footnote
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This device has other potential uses. One of the most obvious,
and least useful (at least to my view) is as a volume control for
your phone. Maybe you have an aunt that talks REAL LOUD!!!!!
Also, you can use this device to set up a feedback loop to mess
up someone else's phone line. Finally, it may be possible to use
the chart box to tone down your connection, and provide a little
background noise, so that ESS doesn't pick up on your blue box-
ing. This is not a guaranteed method, but if you do it just
right, you can make the 2600 blast sneak by the ESS detection
code.
Naturally, the main purpose of the chart box is to leech Ma Bell
just like she leeches you.
Hail Discordia!
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