Bazooka Joe Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Come across this video on utube, a few of the comments below the video are criticizing whether it'll work or not, which has given me some doubts. I'm not that electrically minded to say one way or the other, there's no wiring diagram either, just the op wiring the trap up as the video goes. Basically 12v battery, with what I think is a capacitor wired on the negative.? Any sparkys willing to give an opinion if this is feasible or not, if so I'm thinking on making one for the allotment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Should fry them if the capacitor is is big enough. Keep your fingers well out the way if you do make one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-uk Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) It seems to work and easy enough to make. It's a bit the old ignition coil setup on cars. A cap out of an old washing machine might work. Edited January 6, 2019 by bear-uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Quote It's a bit the old ignition coil setup on cars. There was a mention of one of them in the comments, basically the capacitor used in the video wouldn't do the job but an ignition coil of a car would.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Don't know if a car coil will do it, I have had a good shock off one and nearly fried my willy but didn't cause any real damage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltings Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 4 hours ago, Bazooka Joe said: Come across this video on utube, a few of the comments below the video are criticizing whether it'll work or not, which has given me some doubts. I'm not that electrically minded to say one way or the other, there's no wiring diagram either, just the op wiring the trap up as the video goes. Basically 12v battery, with what I think is a capacitor wired on the negative.? Any sparkys willing to give an opinion if this is feasible or not, if so I'm thinking on making one for the allotment. may be wrong as a capacitor is dc means you cant let go had this issue years ago with an old well used elu router turned on ok when plunged something shorted and lit me up like an x mas tree the only way I could make the pain stop was to walk away and pull the plug out of socket as could not let go dc capacitor start up painful the capacitor kills new router purchased immediately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 My understanding of coils and capacitors is that a coil produces bursts of electric as a result of being turned on and off. The points in your distributor are what used to turn it on and off. A capacitor holds electricity until it is discharged. A capacitor of the right size will work, a coil won’t do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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