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- (*) Crimson Box (*)
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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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- (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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- (*) Construction & Schemtaic (*)
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- First I will give you the schematic and then I will explain what
- the hell is going on.
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- [-----------black wire on line---------
- --------+ red wire on line +------
- --------!--+/\/\/-green wire---!------
- --------!--! yellow wire-------!------
- ! ! !
- +--!------+ !
- +----+ ! +----------+
- ! ! !
- 1 2 3
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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!
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- 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.
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- 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.