The Shocker?used the 9V battery connector, a relay, a capacitor,?a transformer, and probably one or?two more parts that I can’t remember.?It basically charged the capacitor, then somehow tripped the relay, then charged it again with a nasty clicking noise.?I zapped my sister a few times,?and was hooked.

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?When I was a kid, my grandpa got me a Radio Shack 160 in?One?Electronics Kit.?I loved it, but I?only remember doing?two things with it. One was?a cheezy morse code project (with both noise, and lights, and both!) and the other was… the Shocker.<\/p>\n

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