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DIY-Volume Limiter

MAKE | March 9th, 2008

You can explain to a child that listening to music at a high volume can cause hearing loss, but that doesn’t mean they will listen. Then again, you could make this neat little device and make them use it. The only problem? How do you get them to keep it plugged in? - Link

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7 COMMENTS on “DIY-Volume Limiter”

  1. Stuart Wurtman | March 30th, 2008 9:57 am

    Why not just cut the earphone jack of, peel back some wire insulation, open the cd player/tape player/ipod up and then solder the device directly to the device’s port? In theory it works perfectly.

  2. Therese | April 5th, 2008 9:40 am

    I like jimmy’s idea. I’m a Radio Shack employee.

  3. Jason Hagert | April 5th, 2008 12:49 pm

    wireless headphones? just plug in and go!

  4. Brandon | April 6th, 2008 4:39 pm

    You could also buy only European portable devices… They require a volume limit by law now. =) Seriously, not mocking this project. I like it a whole lot. If your child is using headphones that aren’t too small, you could probably put some resistors in line with the speakers if you could break it apart, or if the headphones have an inline volume knob, you can add resistors into the casing.

  5. rebecca | April 7th, 2008 12:21 pm

    yeah im a radio shack employee too

  6. Bobby | April 18th, 2008 1:32 pm

    The picture above looks like the intention is to build an interchangable one for use with all of your gadgets or they really mean to generate interest to market it as an after-market accessory. The simplest way to “force” usage by your kids is to cut their headphone cable in two then strip and solder each piece into the appropriate end of the circuit contained within the device shown. You’ll lose some cord length due to the strain relief knots you should tie but that will be offset by the ose sotube length. Or simply design the tube to take strain reliefs such as the small ones that RS used to sell…sorry can’t locate catalog #.

  7. Chris | June 28th, 2008 11:38 am

    Cool…. Children do need to save their hearing, they will regret it later if they don’t.

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