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In article <2763@saturn.ucsc.edu> spcecdt@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Space Cadet) writes:

I once purchased an electronics kit with a Free Mystery Gift -
	"A Mystery Shock Box"

It was a cardboard box covered with two pieces of foil.
Inside was a battery, a coil, and a nail that had spiral groves.
The bottom was painted/insulated. The nail was inserted into a metal
connector so that when the box was down, the insulated part of the
nail touched the connector. When the box was picked up, The nail
dropped down and jiggled against the round contact, making and
breaking contact.

It might have been a transformer instead of a coil.

Anyhow, when you picked it up, you got quite a kick!

I made something similar with a relay, wiring it like a buzzer.
I was never able to make one of these that was:

	Quiet
	Could work over a distance (i.e. up the sleeve)

I will try a 555 and audio transformer. 
Question: how far away can the wires be from the transformer?
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