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- The Charging Box (c) Stinky Pig Productions
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- What it does:
-
- The Charging Box is used to indicate when a call is being charged
- for and when it is not. Once installed, the box has two lights, a
- green and a red. Green means free and red shows that you are being
- stung by BT!
-
- Components:
-
- 1 x green LED 1 x circuit board
- 1 x red LED 2 x 10K ohm (1/4 watt) resistors
- 2 x short lengths of wire 2 x small bulldog clips
-
- Circuit Diagram:
-
- | Line |
- | (50v) |
- |------ ------|
- | |
- |-----[]------O------|
- | |
- |-----[]------O------|
-
- Where [] is a resistor and O is an LED.
- NB. IMPORTANT! One LED should have it's anode towards the resistor
- and the other should have it's cathode towards the
- resistor.
-
- Connection:
-
- Build that onto the board and connect the two points marked line
- to the wire, with the bulldog clips at the end. The box should now
- be connected to the line in parallel with the phone.
-
- Operation:
-
- When the line is opened (Ie. the phone lifted) the green LED will
- light (if the read one does then just reverse the polarity of the
- box). Dialling numbers (by pulse) will cause the green LED to flicker
- but while you are making free calls it should never go out and the
- red LED will not light. As soon as the exchange starts charging for
- your call, the green LED will go out and the red LED glow.
-
- How it works:
-
- As the LEDs are in opposite directions, only one can light depending
- on the polarity of the current supply. This is exploited when
- the exchange begins charging as the polarity of the line is
- reversed.
-
- For more details contact me on The Outer Limits.
-
- Piggy The Pig
- Jan 88.
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