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+<br>To: High Voltage list Subject: Re: Switch-mode supply for  [patio insect zapper](https://curepedia.net/wiki/User:KerstinBrumby6) bug zapper (fwd) You need the components for the steel you intend to use. Different types have totally different losses. You obtain this from the mfgr. Digi-Key has some inexpensive IR type emitters & detectors. Have the fly crawl a distance, like 4-6 inches inside the tube, after which, he triggers the IR beam which controls the zapper. A small single ended NST works nice for this utility. The current will burn them right up. The fly hits the IR beam on the 1/2 mid-way level which energizes a small grid in each course. The midpoint has a piece 2 inches lengthy with no grid. They develop into trapped and can't exit either path without getting zapped. You possibly can also use a 600 Ohm to 10K audio xmfr. They make nice HV sparks working in a pulsed mode. If the time duration is brief, like 1-2 sec, they could additionally charge a cap rectified with a 1/2 wave diode in a short time period. Then the charged cap waits for the fly. The charging cycle happens each 5 minutes and is controlled by a 555 IC chip --- a small relay controls the power section. You place sugar crystals within the tube and at the end of the tube use a small glass take a look at tube so you possibly can see your accumulated flies to regulate the time durations. The flies will accumulate after which try to exit the charged grid section. The one we've uses a conventional laminated iron, 50Hz transformer. I'd like, so I'm looking at making a switchmode model. 2) Ditto for sizing the elements for the snubber. HV rectification and that I'd want a string of excessive-velocity diodes.<br>
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+<br>If you employ it outdoors, it may have some rain shelter to forestall water from entering into the gathering area. It wants an outlet 7-10 ft away or an extension cord. It’s tricky to empty without letting some bugs escape. The claim that it emits an efficient quantity of CO2 has been questioned. Like all traps, it needs positioned in an excellent location, shady and sheltered, where mosquitoes can discover it, but not where you’ll be bothered by them. The lights in the top of the trap emit warmth and ultraviolet rays, which appeal to mosquitoes in addition to other insects, particularly moths at evening. There are openings beneath the lights the place bugs can fly in. Once inside, they’re sucked down by the fan’s air currents into the retaining cage below, the place they’re unable to flee and die within a day. Unfortunately, light and warmth are simply two of the issues that appeal to mosquitoes, since what they’re primarily in search of are people to bite.<br>
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