Fly chopping electric toadstool
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Yet another glorious piece of mass produced landfill for exploration.
The listing claims:-
Catches mosquitos - The biting ones are actually attracted to warm CO2.
300,000 hour LED life - That's very unlikely even at 11mA.
Colour pink - actual colour blue. (BOOOO!)
Claims photocatalyst action - doesn't have photocatalyst action.
2.5W power consumption - actual power 1.4W.
I'm not sure where the claims of photocatalytic action came from, but many similar products use those buzzwords to imply that the UV stimulation of titanium dioxide causes a photocatalytic reaction with air impurities, releasing CO2 to lure biting insects.
This unit is just another of the common fly traps that use LEDs to lure flies in a dark room and then theoretically trap them by sucking them into a cage. It might work for some flies, but I have a lack of flies here to test it.
On a plus note the case and components do have potential for reuse.
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The listing claims:-
Catches mosquitos - The biting ones are actually attracted to warm CO2.
300,000 hour LED life - That's very unlikely even at 11mA.
Colour pink - actual colour blue. (BOOOO!)
Claims photocatalyst action - doesn't have photocatalyst action.
2.5W power consumption - actual power 1.4W.
I'm not sure where the claims of photocatalytic action came from, but many similar products use those buzzwords to imply that the UV stimulation of titanium dioxide causes a photocatalytic reaction with air impurities, releasing CO2 to lure biting insects.
This unit is just another of the common fly traps that use LEDs to lure flies in a dark room and then theoretically trap them by sucking them into a cage. It might work for some flies, but I have a lack of flies here to test it.
On a plus note the case and components do have potential for reuse.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
#ElectronicsCreators
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