Electronic Bug Zapper
Thursday, June 23, 2011
By Owen Jones
The hand held insect zapper is the best way of clearing the area around you of insects, especially the flying ones such as mosquitoes. The electric bug zapper evaporates any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a nice, loud, electrical 'zap'!
However, this is not to say that the electric insect zapper cannot be used outdoors, as long as it is not raining. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the hand held insect zapper dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models vary greatly, but there are basically only two types of electric insect killer: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both are equally effective at zapping bugs and employ the same principle.
The indoor bug zapper looks like a 'kids' tennis racquet, but with three sets of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The central grid of wires becomes electrified at the touch of a button, while the other two grids, one on either side, are harmless earths.
When a bug is caught between the wires of the hand held insect killer, it creates a short, which evaporates it instantly with a loud crack and a flash. The indoor insect zapper will kill other insects too, but they tend to burn instead of just disappear.
I have been using the rechargeable sort for about five years and am extremely satisfied with the electric bug killer. In fact, the electric bug killer has come a long way over the last few years. A fully charged indoor bug killer is strong enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, if unused, for weeks without any noticeable discharge.
The rechargeable battery unit will take serious use for the best part of a year, although its capability to hold a charge for a few weeks slowly diminishes after six or seven months.
The most recent indoor bug killer I've used has a main on/off switch, a light that shines when it is activated (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery's strength) and an LED that comes on when the zapper is plugged in for recharge.
The instructions say that it should be (re)charged for sixteen hours. I usually put mine on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the hand held insect zapper shows a marked increase in performance with only a couple of hours charging.
The latest model I've seen also comes with a strong light called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very useful when out in the garden, but I'm not sure whether it's meant to lure the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're feeling bored or just vindictive. You know, a bit like an Anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my indoor bug zapper for that reason as well, but the beam uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the hand held bug killer is a huge asset at any outdoor event. The hand held bug zapper is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too.
However, this is not to say that the electric insect zapper cannot be used outdoors, as long as it is not raining. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the hand held insect zapper dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models vary greatly, but there are basically only two types of electric insect killer: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both are equally effective at zapping bugs and employ the same principle.
The indoor bug zapper looks like a 'kids' tennis racquet, but with three sets of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The central grid of wires becomes electrified at the touch of a button, while the other two grids, one on either side, are harmless earths.
When a bug is caught between the wires of the hand held insect killer, it creates a short, which evaporates it instantly with a loud crack and a flash. The indoor insect zapper will kill other insects too, but they tend to burn instead of just disappear.
I have been using the rechargeable sort for about five years and am extremely satisfied with the electric bug killer. In fact, the electric bug killer has come a long way over the last few years. A fully charged indoor bug killer is strong enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, if unused, for weeks without any noticeable discharge.
The rechargeable battery unit will take serious use for the best part of a year, although its capability to hold a charge for a few weeks slowly diminishes after six or seven months.
The most recent indoor bug killer I've used has a main on/off switch, a light that shines when it is activated (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery's strength) and an LED that comes on when the zapper is plugged in for recharge.
The instructions say that it should be (re)charged for sixteen hours. I usually put mine on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the hand held insect zapper shows a marked increase in performance with only a couple of hours charging.
The latest model I've seen also comes with a strong light called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very useful when out in the garden, but I'm not sure whether it's meant to lure the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're feeling bored or just vindictive. You know, a bit like an Anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my indoor bug zapper for that reason as well, but the beam uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the hand held bug killer is a huge asset at any outdoor event. The hand held bug zapper is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too.
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