An Arduino-powered stun gun is not something I would want to fall into the hands of a species as devious as the squirrels ;)<div><br></div><div>If it's not high powered enough, and you're not against using chemicals, I dealt with a nasty bee (my fiancee is allergic) problem in my backyard using Raid "One Shot" wasp killer.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tom</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com">darcy@siteware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi Richard, <div><br><div><div>Thanks for the note.</div><div><br></div><div>I figured keeping a coil charged might be expensive on the batteries. Seems the next place to go is keeping a capacitor charged. As I mentioned in the blog post, a disposable camera may have enough hardware to do this. May not be as high a voltage but it might work. </div>
<div><br></div><div>So it just comes down to triggering the high voltage thing. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm all ears on how to trigger it but I figured I could just use an arduino because the labor content may be lower. There might be something that can save some pennies but I think for the pain a community of yellow jackets causes, it's okay if it uses an arduino for a couple days.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Even if the Squirrels steal it.</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Darcy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgb@tricolour.net" target="_blank">rgb@tricolour.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 01:32:19PM -0700, Darcy Whyte wrote:<br>
> What about this angle:<br>
><br>
> A motion detector of some sort.<br>
> a coil<br>
> a relay<br>
> a 6v battery<br>
> a wire grid over the opening<br>
><br>
> When a yellow jacket is detected we charge the coil and then let it<br>
> discharge through the grid.<br>
<br>
</div>I think the idea is to keep it charged so that it does its work on<br>
contact.<br>
<div><br>
> The relay is to isolate an arduino from the coil charging action...<br>
><br>
> What sort of coil would I need?<br>
><br>
> If this will work at all....<br>
><br>
> Also, what about detecting the bug when it touches the grid? I suppose the<br>
> problem with that is I'd need to isolate it from the arduino somehow since<br>
> the high voltage will zap the arduino too....<br>
<br>
</div>Does it really need an arduino, or just a wired power supply and a way<br>
of forcing all entering and exiting wasps of touching the charged wires?<br>
<div><br>
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Darcy Whyte <<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Perhaps this can be DIYed:<br>
> > <a href="http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page1421.html" target="_blank">http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page1421.html</a><br>
> ><br>
> > I could then just hang the thing near the hole and place some electrodes<br>
> > right there.<br>
<br>
</div>I've seen one of those at a friend's cottage. It is only $10, so it<br>
might be worth just buying one to find out how it works and adapt it for<br>
automatic use with your wasp nest. We had one in the floor of our<br>
balcony. It was a nuisance...<br>
<br>
You might want to adapt it with very fine wires brushing around the hole<br>
(but if the wire is too fine, it might fuse instead of delivering the<br>
intended shock to an insect...)<br>
<div><br>
> > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Darcy Whyte <<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> Let's say I have a nasty yellow jacket nest that's starting to cause<br>
> >> problems.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I've dealt with these in the past when the next is very exposed but this<br>
> >> time I only have access to an opening about an inch where they are coming<br>
> >> and going.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Has anybody ever tried to put some sort of zapper near an entrance? Seems<br>
> >> that should be an easy way to get them.<br>
> >><br>
> >> A trap seems to take long because they only go into it once in a while so<br>
> >> it takes a long while.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I figure if I put a couple of electrodes near the hole, they could<br>
> >> complete the gap.<br>
> >><br>
> >> If this would work, I wonder how many bugs a couple of D-cells could zap?<br>
<br>
<br>
</div> slainte mhath, RGB<br>
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