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Showing posts with label ballast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ballast. Show all posts

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Repair - UV insect trap (UPDATED)

Funny story of a trivial repair attempt over an electronic ballast used to drive a fluorescent UV bulb for an insect trap.

DISCLAIMER !!!
This stuff is connected DIRECTLY to the power grid and the fluorescent bulb emits dangerous UV !!
Working on these type of circuit REQUIRES knowledge and precautions !
DON'T ATTEMPT ANY REPAIR UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING !

Friday, March 23, 2018

Repairing a zapper

In the springtime, summer and fall, there is an appliance that works almost 24 hours a day, at least in my garage.
A zapper.
This one, a PestiTech, did work all the last summer and fall.
Really, in Arkansas is not an option to have a zapper to limit the "things" that can fly and bite you !
The garage is the main entry for these pests, so a good zapper is really the first protection.
Now it was time to restore it and ... of course dead !