dat@bunker.UUCP (Dick Tusia) (07/06/84)
I am in the market for a bug zapper. If anybody has bought one recently I would like to here about how they have worked out for them. I need to cover about 1/2 acre with it and I am located directly on a small lake. Thanks !ih1ap!decvax!bunker!dat Dick Tusia (203)386-2097 (203)488-7652
werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (07/12/84)
last Sunday's "Taking Advantage" on ABC, quoted from Business Week: " be warned that quite a few are ineffective against mosquitos " make sure to read the fine print on the package or advertising.
eac@drutx.UUCP (07/13/84)
If you do buy a bug zapper--be kind to your neighbors and do leave the thing popping and zapping all night long! Betsy Cvetic ihnp4!drutx!eac
spoo@utcsrgv.UUCP (Suk Lee) (07/15/84)
I can't remember where this came up,
but some place took one of the bug-zapper
companies to court (and won) because
they had shown that they DON'T WORK.
I have no personal experience in the
matter--I'm just passing along what
I heard on the radio.
--
From the pooped paws of:
Suk Lee
..!{decvax,linus,allegra,ihnp4}!utcsrgv!spoostanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck) (07/19/84)
Contrary to some of the reports seen here, some bug zappers do work. If you doubt that, stop by my house some morning and I will show you the pile of carcasses from the previous evening. In the spring when the little beetles first hatch, I've been known to have 2-3 inch piles generated overnight. Problems: They only work when the light from the zapper is brighter (in the UV span) than the sun or other nearby lights. This means that daytime bugs like mesquitos, houseflys, etc., aren't particularly affected by them. -- ________ ( ) Don Stanwyck @( o o )@ 312-979-3062 ( || ) Cornet-367-3062 ( \__/ ) ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck (______) Bell Labs @ Naperville, IL
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (07/20/84)
For Official Use Only Bug Zappers. Please folks, if you own one and live in a close neighborhood, DON'T leave it on all night. You may take great comfort in your bed that the gadget is zapping the local bug population, but there is nothing more annoying to a neighbor who has to listen to the constant Snap, Crackle, and Pop drifting through his bedroom window all night. Please shut the thing off when you retire. Zapping all night is not going to amount to a hill of beans as far as the local bug concentration is concerned. By all means use the zapper when you are outside if it makes you feel better, but think about the neighbors when you go in. I have a neighbor who has two of those industrial sized zappers. They only left them on once. Everyone in a three house radius mentioned it the next day. The guy did not keep it on all night again, but then again he is very considerate. T. C. Wheeler
balfanz@ihuxs.UUCP (P. A. Balfanz) (07/20/84)
I have heard that you can buy bait and put it in a dish that attaches to the bottom of a bug zapper to attract the flies.
parnass@ihuxf.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (07/20/84)
The electrocution of insects by "bug zappers" causes interference on nearby shortwave receivers. -- =============================================================================== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxf!parnass - (312)979-5414
andrew@inmet.UUCP (07/23/84)
#R:bunker:-44100:inmet:22100013:000:158
inmet!andrew Jul 8 14:35:00 1984
Bug zappers were tested in the 6/82 issue of Consumer Reports. Will snail
a copy upon request.
Andrew W. Rogers ...{harpo|ihnp4|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrew