Mosquitos

[Graham_Wright]

I have in the past used electric insect killers of the "bat" variety. Very effective and satisfying but need a hand to guide them.

It occurred to me that perhaps someone has used the same principle to develop a woven killer membrane. The warp alternate plus and minus volts and the weft insulating.

It would be rewarding to hang it in the companion way.

Anyone come across such a device?

 

[rogerthebodger]

I have in the past used electric insect killers of the "bat" variety. Very effective and satisfying but need a hand to guide them.

It occurred to me that perhaps someone has used the same principle to develop a woven killer membrane. The warp alternate plus and minus volts and the weft insulating.

It would be rewarding to hang it in the companion way.

Anyone come across such a device?

I have one of these but the battery does not last all night but do work

 

[KellysEye]

We used mosquito nets with lead balls around the edge on all open hatches to hold them down, a search will find many suppliers.

 

[mjcoon]

I have in the past used electric insect killers of the "bat" variety. Very effective and satisfying but need a hand to guide them.

It occurred to me that perhaps someone has used the same principle to develop a woven killer membrane. The warp alternate plus and minus volts and the weft insulating.

It would be rewarding to hang it in the companion way.

Anyone come across such a device?

Oh, you mean "bat" as in racquet, not as in ultrasonic!

I think you'll find that alternate warp (say) threads are in contact because there is nothing between them. So you would need alternate metallic and insulating and only alternate metallic opposing polarity. It would only take a minor contact somewhere in the fabric to short out the high voltage. What with the problems of making connection I don't think the engineering is soluble...

Mike.

 

[Graham_Wright]

Oh, you mean "bat" as in racquet, not as in ultrasonic!

I think you'll find that alternate warp (say) threads are in contact because there is nothing between them. So you would need alternate metallic and insulating and only alternate metallic opposing polarity. It would only take a minor contact somewhere in the fabric to short out the high voltage. What with the problems of making connection I don't think the engineering is soluble...

Mike.

Not really. Isn't that the way patterns are made?