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Old 13th Jan 2020, 4:14 am   #1
Graham G3ZVT
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Default Frankenstein fuse box

I bought this old fuse box on Ebay as a little novelty gift for an electrician I know.

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The ivorine nameplate will be replaced with an engraved brass plaque for presentation at an occasion.

If you look at the "fuse wire" you will see I have used fragments of wire LED strings, and the original idea was a static illumination. Then I thought "How can I make them flash randomly and "dangerously"?

I had an idea involving the use of a flickering LED as used in some tea-lights and solar powered garden ornaments to impart a variation in current through the normal LEDs. My idea worked better than expected, with the flicker effect far greater than the actual flicker LED (which was hidden in the battery box with the resistor)

Here's a video

Here's the circuit.
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