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Crimson Box
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Introduction
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The Crimson Box is very simple device that will allow you to  put
someone  on  hold  or  make your fone busy with a large amount of
ease. You flip a switch and the person can't  hear  you  talking.
Flip it back and everything is peechy.



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Materials
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(1) 100 ohm or less resistor 
(1) SPDT toggle switch, On-On  
(3) feet of good wire 
Wire cutters 
Solder and soldering iron



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Schematic
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-----------black wire on line---------
--------+   red wire on line   +------
--------!--+/\/\/-green wire---!------
--------!--! yellow wire-------!------
        !  !                   !
        +--!------+            !
           +----+ ! +----------+
                ! ! !
                1 2 3



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Construction
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Ok. The '/\/\/' is the resistor. And '1 2 3' is  the switch where
the  numbers  are  the  poles on the switch. Notice you leave the
black and yellow wires alone.  You DO NOT cut them!

Strip the red and green wires so you've got about an inch of bare
wire. Solder some of the extra wire and follow the schematic. You
should have the resistor on the green wire with an extra piece of
wire  coming  from one leg of it. The other leg goes to the other
end of the green wire. You should solder the green  wire  to  the
left  pole  of the switch and the red to the middle and the other
end of the red to the right pole.

Now, lift up the phone. If all you get is an annoying  buzz  then
throw  the  [switch and you should get a dial tone. If not, don't
worry and just follow the instructions and schematic again.


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