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Article #19038Re: frequency of a rat
From: Gregory Dudek
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1988 21:51
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1988 21:51
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In article <2761@saturn.ucsc.edu> matthew@ucscb.UCSC.EDU ((Matthew T. Kaufman)) writes:
>In article <1313@uop.edu> todd@uop.edu (Dr. Nethack) writes:
>>
>>My sugestion was to find the frequency used in those mouse zappers,
>>build an oscillator, and crank it out of some horn tweeters over
>>the bank (and use a transducer to crank under the water if necessary).
>>
>
>1. According to several sources (including the FTC) those things
> don't work against ANYTHING.
>
Well, our family go one in the country & it sure seemed to chase away
the omnipresent mice. Occasionally one will reappear, but now it's
once a year instead of constant.
Among other things, this gadget sends out a pulse every second or
so, rather than transmitting constantly. Maybe that makes it harded
to get acclimatised to.
Gregory Dudek
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!csri.toronto.edu!dudek From: dudek@csri.toronto.edu (Gregory Dudek) Subject: Re: frequency of a rat Message-ID: <8804132351.AA10375@darcy.csri.toronto.edu> Keywords: annoy zap deter Organization: University of Toronto, CSRI References: <1313@uop.edu> <2761@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 88 17:51:57 EDT