Recent content by Phil12

Hey guys, Just wanted to give a quick update on this "experiment". I think I'm going to leave it As Is, without the photocell. The zapper works great, almost too well, as I have to disconnect it and clean it off every day or two. I've put it on the front porch and just leave it on 24/7...

Update: Left the zapper on all night, and about 6 bugs total (2 of them mosquitoes) have gone to the happy hunting ground. That part seems to be A-OK! :-) Will update again in a day or two on this switch between LED and zapper. Thanks! Phil

The 1 (.97) volts is what I see on the multimeter (set at 20V DC scale) when touching the probes "ahead and behind" of the dome light and resistor. Red Probe > dome light > 10 ohm resistor > Black Probe, all on the same + Red wire, heading for the zapper. That switch to go from "LED Light...

OK, just rigged it up in series. From the battery + (Red wire) - through the dome bulb - through the 10 ohm resistor - to the zapper. The - (black wire) then comes straight back to the battery/solar panel. When checking volts, I get the same 13.5V - 13.7V between the + and - sides which...

OK, thanks! Would something like this take care of the whole thing, in place of resistors and bulbs, etc? This is now becoming a challenge (LOL!), and still easier than running a whole 110 line underground for close to 100 yards and still adding a either a power pack or a 110 V plug-in zapper...

Forgot to add the other question - would the "dome light" (12 watt) work better than the "head light" for increasing resistance? I've already got leads soldered to it, so it's a real easy swap. Thanks again! Phil

Sorry for the delay guys - outboard motor issues. Fired it up the other day and it was purring happily, until after about 15 - 20 minutes it died. Checked fuel pump, etc. and had just put an extra 5 gal in the tank. Turned out that the fuel pickup tube in the tank had dropped off of the...

I've checked 2 12V bulbs I had here - a headlight and a dome light. The best I see is 1.5 ohms with the dome light - headlight was .7 . Not enough to keep me down near the 12V? I read 13.7 V with the solar charger wired in parallel, and then 13.5 V with the 1.5 ohm bulb in line - only...

OK, I'll see what I can do here. Don't want to do too much with it until I get that 10 ohm resistor in line from the power though. Should be early to mid-week? Will keep you posted. Thanks! Phil

Will do guys! I do believe that I've encountered another challenge though. The zapper has a push button "toggle" switch to change between "LED light only" and "zapper with UV light". It apparently defaults to "light only" when first powered on, and then the switch has to be pushed to change...

This AM I put the zapper all back together and touched the 2 leads to the 12 V battery wires. No smoke, flames, or loud noises... and the light even came on! :-) Just ordered an 12v photo cell dusk-to-dawn switch ($3.79), so I should be in business shortly. Thank you for your time and...

OK, Guys That's an Aha! moment for sure. ;-) Tomorrow I'll hook 'er up and see what gives. Had no idea that that D4? where the cables come in, was a rectifier on the board. Yikes... time for a self inflicted Dope Slap. ;-) I can probably wire a house with 110/220 AC and also run straight...

The 2 black wires are soldered to the board - the 2 brownish looking solders on the lower left corner of the board in pic #1. They show again in pic 2 on the left side corner of the board - what I did was just turn my wrist from palm up in pic 1 - to palm down in pic 2 to show the underside of...

Yes, incoming up through the stake. The only 4 leads I see are the blue, yellow, red, and white? They go Up into the zapper body in pic #2, and since this a "dual function" unit, I don't think it's a rectifier? Don't see any markings as you suggest. The 2 "modes" are "LED only", and "zapper...

$14, so it won't change my lifestyle if I make some internal components into external components. ;-) Here are 2 pics - couldn't get the board any further out with all the wires connected. Thanks! Phil