00574 [alt-beam] Re: SOLAR FLYTRAP

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Message #00574

To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Justin jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:47:24 +1300
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: SOLAR FLYTRAP

Wilf Rigter wrote:
> The Solar Flytrap (c) wilf rigter 1999
>
> Take your standard BiCore powered SunFlower (solar panel orienting) - and
> tucked away in the center of the flower:
>
> DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE
>
> ---> 20kVdc <---

High voltage was indeed my plan for the actual removal part of the
insect hunter. (I wanted to use those disposable camera flash units.
They're only 350V, but judging by the bang and spark they make when they
short, they should be more than sufficient to take out an insect... :-)

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