LIDL UV bug zapper
Added 2024-09-18 05:41:40 +0000 UTCThis unit does actually use a small fluorescent UVA tube to lure bugs to its zapping wires. One of the most interesting things about this unit was the strange choice of a ballast for the fluorescent tube. I thought it was going to be a high frequency electronic ballast, but it's somewhat cheaper than that.
The unit also states that the tube can't be changed, but that does not apply to technical people like us.
Comments
I have one of these, but the horizontal version. Circuitry is identical. It's been doing a good job for over a year now. Tube ends show no sign of blackening, so I think the 2x 100R resistors must be doing enough of a job. I also wonder if beacuse of the pulses, the capacitor across the starter contacts is being utilized more, allowing the cathodes to be constantly warmed?
Dan Coulson
2024-09-18 23:40:22 +0000 UTCTechnical restrictions need not apply.
Curtis Hoffmann
2024-09-18 11:33:51 +0000 UTC
