This is NOT a urinal - insect trap with schematic

Despite looking suspiciously like a urinal, this glossy white device is intended for mounting above eye height, which would make using it as a urinal quite messy. It also operates at 240V which would also make using it as a urinal quite hazardous to your "bits".

In reality it's an insect trap that uses a sticky surface to catch insects lured in by its near-UV glow (they claim 385nm).

These still seem to be available on eBay, but I'm not sure about the availability of replacement sticky boards for them, so you may have to get creative.

Despite claiming a power of 2W per "tube" the LED strips only dissipate approximately 0.86W of power. So if these do actually attract flies (I've none to test it with) then I'd guess it would be best suited to a small area. It would be interesting to compare its performance with and without the diffuser. But that would expose live connections on the LEDs.

The capacitor voltage rating being exceeded is a bit odd, but easily solved. However it might impact the reliability of the unit. The LEDs are being run quite gently at 12mA, so they should hopefully last a good length of time.

The general construction seems quite good. It's a fairly stylish design and fits together well. I think they may have designed in the option for use with fluorescent UVA tubes too, with suitable holders and ballast.


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