| Electronic Bug Zapper |
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| Electronics - Gadgets |
| Written by Owen Jones |
| Sunday, 16 August 2009 07:34 |
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The electric bug killer is the best way of clearing the space around you of insects, especially the flying ones like mosquitoes. The electric insect zapper vaporizes any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantaneously on contact with a nice, loud, electrical 'zap'!
The indoor bug zapper is the best way of ridding the space around you of insects, especially the flying ones like mosquitoes. The hand held insect killer evaporates any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantaneously on contact with a nice, loud, electrical 'zap'! However, this is not to say that the indoor bug zapper cannot be operated outdoors, as long as it is not too wet. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the electric insect killer dry and please do not use it while you are standing in the pool! Models do vary a lot, but there are basically only two types of hand held insect killer: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug killer. Both are equally effective at zapping insects and employ the same principle. The indoor bug zapper looks like a 'junior' tennis racket, but with three sets of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The central network of wires becomes live at the touch of a button while the other two networks, one on either side, are earths. When a bug is trapped between the wires of the hand held bug zapper, it creates a short, which evaporates it instantly with a loud crack and a flash. The indoor bug zapper will zap other bugs too, but they tend to burn instead of just disappear. I have been using the rechargeable kind for about five years and am extremely happy with the hand held bug killer. In fact, the electric insect killer has come a long way in the last few years. A fully charged hand held bug zapper is powerful enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, when unused, for weeks without any noticeable discharge. The rechargeable battery pack will put up with serious use for the best part of a year, although its capability to hold a charge for several weeks gradually diminishes after six or seven months. The latest indoor bug killer I've used has a main on/off switch, an LED that comes on when it is activated (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery's strength) and a light that comes on when the zapper is on recharge. The instructions say that the bug zapper should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. However, I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the indoor bug zapper shows a large increase in performance with only a few hours recharging. 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 supposed to lure the flies in the dark so that you can kill them if you're feeling bored or just vindictive. You know, a bit like an Anglerfish. I've used the headlamp on my indoor insect zapper for that reason too, but the beam uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the electric insect zapper is a huge asset to 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. About the Author: Have you ever heard of an indoor bug zapper? If you haven't, or if you want to get an indoor bug zapper, please click one of the links to our website or blog. |