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Article #19434bug killers
From: *Hobbit*
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1988 22:51
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1988 22:51
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Bug zappers use about 4KV AC transformers with an intergrid spacing of somewhat less than 1cm. Small bugs will form an arc path, get nailed, and fall out; big ones tend to get caught in the grid for a while until they burn up [which is why you occasionally get those *long* zappolas]. Try spitting into one of them if you want to watch it work; you'll notice that the sound contains plenty of its 60Hz drive.. _H*
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