The Chartreuse Box
The Chartreuse Box Brought to you by Wonko The Sane
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.
Parts
—–
[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
Assembly
——–
Plug the adapter into a phone line,
and use a multitester to
note which posts are charged. Use a magic marker to mark the
positive and negative poles. Do this first.
Take the adapter, and turn it upside down. You
should
observe that 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
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.
Use
—
To use the chart box, hook it up to a phone line, and grab a
multitester 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.
Footnote
——–
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 boxing.
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!