How to construct a black box

I discovered this instructional exercise a quite a while back and I don't have the foggiest idea whether regardless it works. By and by , it may be interresting to peruse, you may even take in something from it! I would have happily offered credit to it's creator yet won't since I have no clue what his identity is. So here is his instructional exercise that stayed unaltered ( I trust!):

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A BLACK BOX

is a gadget that is snared to your telephone that fixes your telephone with the goal that when you get a call, the guest doesn't get charged for the call. This is useful for calls up to 1/2 hour, following 1/2 hour the telephone Co. gets suspicious, and afterward you can think about what occurs.

What this little magnificence does is shield the line voltage from dropping to 10v when you answer your fone. The line is rather kept at 36v and it will make the fone believe that it is as yet ringing while your talking. The explanation behind the 1/2 hour time limit is that the

telephone CO. imagines that something isn't right following 1/2 an hour of ringing.

All parts are accessible at Radio Shack. Utilizing the least potential parts and arangement, the expense is $0.98 !!!! Furthermore, that is parts for two of them! Discussion about an arrangement! In the event that you need to spend lavishly, at that point you can get a little PC board, and a switch. There are two

schematics for this crate, one is for most typical fones. The subsequent one is

for fones that don't work with the first. It was made for use with a Bell

Trimline contact tone fone.

** Schematic 1 for most fones **

** LED ON: BOX ON **

FROM > - - GREEN-> TO

LINE >- - ! 1.8k LED !- - RED- - > FONE

!- -/ - !>- - !

! !

- >/< -

SPST

Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor

1 1.5v LED

1 SPST switch

You may simply have two wires which you associate together for the switch.

** Schematic 2 for all fones **

** LED ON: BOX OFF **

FROM > - GREEN-> TO

LINE > - RED- - > FONE

! Driven !

- >/<- - !>- -

! !

-/ -

1.8k

�Parts: 1 2 watt resistor

1 1.5v LED

1 DPST switch

Here is the PC board design that I prescribe utilizing. It is perfect and is anything but difficult to attach.

Schematic #1 Schematic #2

************** ****************

* - *

* - <LED> - * ! ! *

* ! ! * ! <SWITCH> *

* RESISTOR ! * ! ! ! *

* ! ! * ! ! /*

* - ! * ! ! *

* ! ! * ! <LED>! /*

* - SWITCH- - * ! ! *

* ! ! * ! ! /*

L * ! ! * F L * ! ! ! * F

I>RED- - RED>O I>RED - RED>O

N> - GREEN - >N N> - GREEN - >N

E * h * E * E

************** ****************

When you have snared every one of the parts, you should make sense of what set of wires go to the line and which go to the fone. This is a result of the way that LED's must be placed in, in a specific bearing. Contingent upon what direction you put the LED is the thing that controls what wires are for the line and fone.

Instructions to discover:

Connect the crate one way utilizing one set offor line and the other for fone.

*NOTE* For Model I switch ought to be OFF.

*NOTE* For Model ][ switch ought to be set to side associating the drove.

When you have snared it, at that point get the fone and check whether the LED is on. On the off chance that it is, the LED will be lit. In the event that is doesn't light, at that point switch the wires and attempt once more. When you realize which will be which at that point name them. *NOTE* - If neither one of the directions worked then your

�lable the switch in its present situation as BOX ON.

Step by step instructions to utilize it:

The reason for this container is for poeple who call you not to pay so it would make

sence that it must be utilized to get! calls. At the point when the case is *ON* then you may just recieve calls. Your fone will ring like typical and the LED on the container will streak. On the off chance that you answer the fone now, at that point the LED will light and the guest won't be charged. Hang up the fone after you are finished talking like ordinary. You won't have the option to get a dial-tone or consider when the crate is on, so turn the case *OFF* for typical calls. I don't suggest that you leave it on constantly, as you don't need it to answer when Ma Bell calls!

Expectation it carried something to the individuals who read it.