Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00599
To: Justin jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz, beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Sean Rigter rigter@cafe.net
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:57:06 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: SOLAR FLYTRAP
Oh yes 350V and 100uFd packs a wallop of energy. I don't know how good
an insulator that exoskeletons are. The probiscus would teach the fly
not to poke it's nose in where it doesn't belong. The 20kV came out of
the blue, I was thinking of a .1uFd 1Kv cap which is a reasonable size
and eliminates safety hazard (to humans that is). Apparently Mark T
build one many moons ago and may know something about the minimum lethal
voltage VS the fly. this is a joke
|
Justin wrote: |
> |
> Wilf Rigter wrote: v
> > 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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