Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!hobbit From: hobbit@topaz.rutgers.edu (*Hobbit*) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: bug killers Message-ID:Date: 15 Jul 88 22:51:47 GMT Organization: LCS Expert gang, Rutgers Lines: 7 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*