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How To Make a Water Gun Alarm Clock

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• Having a little trouble waking up in the morning? There’s nothing like a good soaking to get you going.
• Added January 31, 2008

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You Will Need

• Battery Operated Alarm Clock
• Motorized Water Gun
• 16 Gauge Wire
• Wire Stripper
• Voltage Relay Switch
• Breadboard Circuit
• Soldering Equipment

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  Step 1.

  Open the clock

  Open the alarm clock and snip the 2 wires that lead from its circuit board to the speaker.

• Depending on the clock’s design, you may need to snip the wires just to get it open. That’s okay.

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  Step 2.

  Strip wire

  Strip the two ends of wire leading from the board, and splice two longer pieces of wire to the ends.

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  Step 3.

  Solder

  Solder these splices to secure the connection.

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  Step 4.

  Snip watergun wires

  Take apart the water gun and snip the two wires leading to the trigger switch.

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  Step 5.

  Strip wires

  Strip the ends of these wires, splice longer wires to each end, and secure the connections with solder.

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  Step 6.

  Connect wires

  Pop the relay switch into the breadboard circuit and connect each pair of wires to opposite sides of the relay.

• If you don’t have a breadboard circuit, solder the switch and wires to a regular circuit board. It’s harder to do, but will make for a more permanent connection – and water clock.

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  Step 7.

  Set alarm

  Now set the alarm, position the water gun so it’s pointing at your face, and drop off into a nice peaceful sleep.

• Sleepers who rely too heavily on the snooze button deprive themselves of valuable REM sleep, impairing their mental functioning during the day.

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Show Comment by hookahpro (Rated 6)

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hahaha, that is a great video! I could sure use one of these!

Reply about 1 year ago by hookahpro

Show Comment by retsoced (Rated 5)

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maybe I could use this to help get my kids out of bed in the morning....

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Show Comment by xythrax (Rated 5)

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anyone know where to get the voltage relay switch i tried radioshack and the ones they have just won't work

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Show Comment by norgon (Rated 4)

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I dunno. I would probably just hit the water gun snooze if I was your kids.

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Show Comment by Starkey (Rated 2)

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Lots of views well done

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Show Comment by luckysod04 (Rated 1)

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Personally, I'd invest in one of those alarm clock sets for deaf people. It's a vibrator pad that you put under your mattress. Shakes the living crap out of you.

Reply 8 months ago by luckysod04

Show Comment by adrenalynn (Rated 1)

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I'm assuming this is an optocoupler, a 4N28 or a NEC2501 or similar? Does the speaker from a battery alarm clock provide enough current?

Reply about 1 year ago by adrenalynn

Show Comment by polo2014 (Rated 1)

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This isn't a voltage relay switch !! is it ????????????/ What is this thing ? an IC or what ? I need to make one of those .. plz help....

Reply about 1 year ago by polo2014

Show Comment by norgon (Rated 0)

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Meg Toth = HOT

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Show Comment by Michaelocalypse (Rated 0)

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Where can I find the right "relay switch?" So far, I've gone through about 20. All bought from different places. NONE work. There's gotta be someone out there who's discovered which specific relay actually works. HELP!

Reply 7 months ago by Michaelocalypse

Show Comment by Changkim697 (Rated 0)

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i need to make one of these, i dont wake up to a noise alarm clock

Reply 12 days ago by Changkim697

Show Comment by dogtide (Rated 0)

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funny

Reply 10 days ago by dogtide

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