CHARTREUSE BOX

 

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– The Marshals of Dynamic Discord –
– Present –
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– The Chartreuse Box (or any other obnoxious color) –
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– By: Wonko The Sane –
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Intro
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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.

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

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
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
complete, push the wires and the fuse into the casing, and reclose
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
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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
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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 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!

Naturally, the main purpose of the chart box is to leech Ma Bell!