Zap Zone Defender: Protect Your Family from Mosquitoes

Rosalina22

You talked about replacing the secondary with 10-gauge wire - I'm guessing that you've got some understanding of the thicker wire's better present-carrying capacity, which you would need for an arc welder. The issue right here is that the magnetic core - the steel laminations - even have a most magnetic flux carrying capability, simply just like the wire has a most current-carrying capacity. The bug-zapper producer would have used the lowest-cost (smallest) laminated core that met the power wants of the zapper - which are Much lower than what you will need for an arc welder. You would find that the secondary present would max out at a too-low value. One caution - if you happen to do get hold of a microwave transformer, Do not power it up on the bench high. Microwave transformers are one of the few units that provide both excessive voltage and relatively high present - and are pretty much assured to kill you when you get across the HV facet. Not sure about chemical-free bug control zappers, however I'd be very cautious with that as nicely.