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L8 APEX
04-02-2007, 02:20 PM
Some of you remember my last bug light project. Well this one should be a little bigger and badder. We used our new CNC mill and lathe to custom fab each part. We even made this crude threading fixture to inset the two parallel channels to retain the stainless piano wire electrodes.:evil
http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/500/medium/CIMG7451.JPG
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L8 APEX
04-02-2007, 02:28 PM
We used a little belt drive setup to keep to keep the dremel cutter and the tube in sync for our 1/8" wire spacing. It was very repeatable as we ran through each groove twice to clean them out.
http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/500/medium/CIMG7450.JPG
Then we turned down slices of UHMW and milled recesses to hold the sockets for the T12 bulb. We used UHMW for spacers all the way up the tube for rigidity since we slotted the sides. It should be one of a kind.
http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/500/medium/CIMG7459.JPG
TXLIGHTNING
04-02-2007, 03:41 PM
That's cool Terry, its a first for me :tu:.
FRDRCING
04-02-2007, 04:14 PM
That's a little overkill don't you think:evil .
L8 APEX
04-02-2007, 04:50 PM
We made one 7 years ago back at A&M and it was overkill. We decided to to dismantle it before someone died. We used two microwave Xfrmrs and a X10 multiplier circuit along with a 20kV capacitor bank for that extra kick. It was made of wood and used two round grids of mire mesh. It would hiss and make ozone while it ran:tex . These though not much safer should be pretty efficient and killing anything that touches them.
wesman
04-02-2007, 05:44 PM
Lmao....somehow I got Bud Light out of the title....read through it and thought "What the hell does this have to do with Bud Light?" :rll::beer:
Fuzion
04-02-2007, 05:45 PM
Lmao....somehow I got Bud Light out of the title....read through it and thought "What the hell does this have to do with Bud Light?" :rll::beer:

Don't worry... so did I.

Didn't understand this post at all, now i can't wait to see it finished.
SVTJoseCuervo
04-02-2007, 06:02 PM
I read bud light also...and here I was happy.....:evil
L8 APEX
04-02-2007, 06:16 PM
Here is the first post on the zapper. As a free bonus you can see that Tex hasn't changed a bit:D
http://www.talonclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6627
mikelemoine
04-02-2007, 10:41 PM
Finally, Terry found a way to get rid of the noisy hoodlums hanging around his apartment complex all night. I can see the next post "geez the fat ones really sizzle for a while".....:throw:
bluesvt
04-03-2007, 04:29 PM
For those and myself that thought it said Bud Light. :beer: I bet they could use your bug light as well Terry. http://www.funnyhub.com/pictures/img/huge-bud-light-fan.jpg
Tex Arcana
04-03-2007, 04:48 PM
Here is the first post on the zapper. As a free bonus you can see that Tex hasn't changed a bit:D
http://www.talonclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6627

HEY!!! I resemble that remark!! :hammer:

Besides, I'm MUCH better now that the meds have kicked in. :tex
slick-svt
04-03-2007, 06:29 PM
For those and myself that thought it said Bud Light. :beer: I bet they could use your bug light as well Terry. http://www.funnyhub.com/pictures/img/huge-bud-light-fan.jpg
Who's that??
bluesvt
04-03-2007, 06:48 PM
Dunno, but shes got a big mouth. :tu:
SVTJoseCuervo
04-03-2007, 06:55 PM
that put a big smile on the big guy behind her lol
Beaudee
04-03-2007, 06:56 PM
I will have to get my bug light out and operational now.:tu: Also some Bud light cans.:eek: :rll: :rll:
L8 APEX
04-06-2007, 01:27 PM
Got the lamp ballast installed and now going to wind the tube and experiment with some neon xfrmrs.
http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/500/medium/CIMG7467.JPG
slick-svt
04-06-2007, 05:07 PM
Dunno, but shes got a big mouth. :tu:
SHE'S HIRED!!!!!!! :banana: :banana:
bluesvt
04-06-2007, 05:53 PM
SHE'S HIRED!!!!!!! :banana: :banana:

:tu: Damn Terry thats one bad MoFo. :beer: We need that at our farm bad. How much do you charge? :D
GoldLS1
04-06-2007, 08:27 PM
Damn... I read Bud Light again!! I cant think straight, I need another beer.
L8 APEX
04-06-2007, 11:49 PM
Check out my first attempt at a video! This is a bad bad bitch!
http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/6126/thumbs/Bug_zapper.wmv (http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21351) Click box to see vids.:cool:
L8 APEX
04-07-2007, 12:31 AM
I checked the electrical field around the fixture with a Voltage sniffer. In commercial apps the sniffer will sound off within an inch or two of 240, 480V systems. I could not get within a foot of the zapper without driving the sniffer crazy. Anyone volunteer to touch it:evil .
http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/6126/thumbs/BZ21.wmv (http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21353)
PUMP
04-07-2007, 11:15 AM
I checked the electrical field around the fixture with a Voltage sniffer. In commercial apps the sniffer will sound off within an inch or two of 240, 480V systems. I could not get within a foot of the zapper without driving the sniffer crazy. Anyone volunteer to touch it:evil .
http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/6126/thumbs/BZ21.wmv (http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21353)
I thought that transformer would give enough umph:banana: Maybe too much.