Extreme Workout Solution for Very Quick Weight Loss




Just for the record, I had to put on some weight for this video. Otherwise I have solid abs and fantastic figure!



This device may actually work, but you better not try to make it or use it. The high voltage is hazardous, and those cheap bug f… zappers don’t follow any safety standards. After all they are made to kill! So don’t try this at home.

But this is a good reference circuit on how to sense motion, and generate and control a high voltage. Below is the schematic:

Extreme Workout DeviceThe sensor is a magnet on a spring in front of a coil. You know when you move a magnet in front of a coil, the coil generates electricity. So when the sensor is moved, it creates waves of electricity and that’s how we sense motion.

The waves from the sensor might not be large enough though and that’s why U1 circuit creates an amplifier, with a gain of almost 10x to bring the sensor signal to a more processable level.

Then the amplified signal goes through D1 diode that creates a rectifier. It creates a signal that follows the peaks of the sensor amplified voltage. This signal falls slow due to the time constant created by C2 and R6. So if the voltage after D1 rises fast when the sensor signal is high and the diode is on, it falls slow when the sensor signal drops and the diode turns off.

Now the rectified signal goes through U2 comparator and is compared with the DC level created by the potentiometer POT1. The DC level can be adjusted to tune the time we like the circuit to maintain the high voltage.  The DC of POT1 should be set lower to create higher time delay.



The bug zapper board will be powered through Q1 transistor, and to turn the transistor on, the output of U2 must go low. This means the device needs to move, to create a signal level higher than POT1 DC level to set U2 output high, to keep the high voltage generator off. If the device stops moving and there is no signal from the sensor, U2 positive input drops, and falls below the POT1 DC level and U2 output goes low, turning Q1 as well as the high voltage.

Now, how does the bug zapper work? The combination of Q2, R7 and the transformer make an oscillator. Q2 switches the primary inductor on and off. Every time it turns on, it charges the primary circuit and when it turns off, the energy created reflects into secondary winding. Ideally the input and output power of the transformer is equal. So for example, let’s assume the transistor is on long enough until the primary is charged to 100mA current. In this circuit there is no permanent load on the secondary, but there is always some small leakage through components especially when the voltage is too high. Let’s assume the load is 500 kOhm.

The transformer has a 50:1 ratio, so with 100mA on primary, there will be 2mA on secondary. Therefore the output voltage will be 2mA x 500 kOhm =  1000V, which is rectified on the output components of the transformer and becomes a DC high voltage level.

The output voltage of 1000V means a 1000/50 = 20V on the primary of the transformer. So the components must be chosen to be able to handle 20V on the input, and of course 1000V on the output.



34 thoughts on “Extreme Workout Solution for Very Quick Weight Loss

  1. I know I’m very late to the party, but i’m really curious about U1 circuit. Why the voltage divider (R1 R2) and why is R5 connected to both + and – of the op amp? What configuration is this?

    Great fan of ur work Mr Mehdi .

  2. I wonder what is the use of 10uF capacitor at the beginning of the circuit? I am assuming it will only let pass ac frequency (due to moving magnet, AC will be inducted into the secondary) and will block DC! Is this speculation is right regarding this circuit?

    • I believe it is for blocking DC going back into the sensor. AC from the sensor can pass through the capacitor, DC from the 3V supply cannot.

      • The 3V DC supply is not involved here. It is not connected at all before the capacitor. The capacitor is there just in case there is some DC offset generated from the sensor output.

  3. Hello, I was wondering about what is the model of the MOSFET you used for the belt, or what models of MOSFET would work for the circuit?

    Greetings!

    • Any n-channel MOSFET rated over 5V VDS would work. It is a pretty low voltage input and low current circuit.

      • Hi Mehdi, or anyone else seeing this Comment. I realy enjoy watching Electrobooms old vids, and i realy like the background music of the vid (the music played from 0:03 to 0:50 or so) Sharsam won’t work, and google isnt helping me out ether, so does anyone nows the name of the background song? Thanks a Lot!

  4. C1 and R5 are a high pass filter? If so, why is R5 not directly connected to ground? Im very confused about that part. Can you explain it to me?

    Greetings from México!! :

    • Yes, but R5 needs to be connected to proper DC bias , or otherwise V+ pf amplifier will be ground, causing the output to be permanently low.

  5. That city is gorgeous. Did you do your workouts in Vancouver or the future?

  6. Hi! Mehdi if you have some time some day to answer this one, you would really help me. Why that transformer have two “primary” coils, and what does C3 and D2 do in the circuit? Looks like a voltage doubler or something.

    Well that is part of the bug fu.. zapper circuit. In your circuit, I don’t understand what C1 does. I think it holds some energy in there, and that is why it don’t shock you every time. Just don’t know why it is in series. Anyway, sucess to you man!

    • The second coil on primary side is a feedback coil, which causes the circuit to oscillate and generate AC output. You are right about other components, it doubles the voltage. Basically the DC output will be the peak to peak of AC voltage.

      C1 couples the AC through without effecting the DC bias of amplifier.
      The circuit basically senses motion (acceleration) and disables the high voltage output and wise-versa.

  7. Does the motion sensor have a more specific name? I’ve searched for “motion sensors” but I can’t find anything like what you’ve used. I’ve mostly stumbled accross passive IR or hall effect sensors

    • It is just a coil and a magnet on spring in front of it. It is basically an accelerometer.

  8. Sir i would like to know how it can operate the other way???
    i.e how it will zap when its moved
    Thank you 🙂

    • Any opAmp would work, the first one is an opamp and second one a comparator, but you can use a rail to rail Opamp for both. If you look into my other pages, you shall find the OpAMp part number. But it is an old part and might not exist anymore.

  9. Can I have the bug zapper belt please I have alot of ideas to use it for or can you make one for me and will pay for postage and pay you for your time

  10. I am curious to find out what blog platform you’re working with?

    I’m experiencing some minor security issues with my latest
    website and I’d like to find something more safe.
    Do you have any suggestions?

  11. Hello! I have a doubt… Could I make my own coil? I mean, in the first part with the magnet. Or what kind of coil should I use?
    And if I have a coil with many inputs how could I know which of them are the main input or could I use any of them?

    • You can make your own coil. You need to select a proper core and wind it. If you have a coil, apply AC voltage to its lines and measure output from others and you would know the transfer ration between that coil and all others and their relations.

  12. How do I make it the other way around, I mean like turning it on when it moves off when it’s not moving?

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