Welcome to my new post for my video on YouTube. In this one, I will show you how does mosquito lamp work. Is it dangerous? Make your own?
See the video about it on YouTube!
Hi. Have you ever wondered if an electric mosquito lamp can hurt you? Do you want to make your own? I will disassemble a small power socket unit I bought from China for 1.5€. Let I spare your time, for your home it is not worth making your own. Buying separate elements is more expensive.
I designed this video in 2 sections. In first part I will disassemble the product. In the second part I will show you the scheme and run a circuit simulation, so you can see how it works and what voltages it produces. It is a simple part, no nerd things.
DISASSEMBLY
Well, let’s open it. As you can see it’s a very simple circuit. There are few capacitors, diodes and some resistors. Let’s see the scheme.
SCHEME
As you can see there are two voltage doublers. The picture on the side shows one of them. It consists of two diodes and two capacitors. One half wave voltage doubler for the positive half of sinusoidal wave and another for negative half. In the middle is the mosquito killing mesh. Check voltage doublers and Cockcroft Walton generator online. Let’s not complicate and see the simulation.
SIMULATION
The blue line shows us our input AC voltage. This demo has a 220V AC although we have 230V AC in Slovenia.
(In my country it is 230V AC. See the link below for your country.)
The green and the yellow lines represent voltages of the middle of each voltage doubler. So they show us both peak voltages of our AC voltage.
Next stop is the red line. It represents the output of negative half wave voltage multiplier on the right. On the left, with blue color, we have output of the positive half doubler. So let’s end the simulation and see what we have in-between the blue and red lines. Around 900V on the mosquito killing end.
SAFETY AND OUTRO
Beware of AC voltage. It may kill you. This socket lamp is effective and cheap. There is no UV light, just blue leds. It is not worth making your own.
If you would like to see a more detailed video about what really happens in voltage doublers, explained in simple words, just ask for it in the comments below. So, as always, if you find this tutorial educational, please hit LIKE on my YouTube video, SHARE this post or video with your friends, COMMENT on the YouTube, if you want more tutorials and have suggestions, and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the notification bell. You can even support my work via Patreon. Or buy me a coffee. Details are in the description below.
(Touching the mosquito mesh on this unit is hurtful, but should not be lethal due to low current.)
ABOUT
Inside mosquito lamp. How does it work? Is it dangerous? Can a mosquito lamp can hurt you? Do you want to make your own? I will disassemble a small power socket unit – a mosquito killer, I bought from China for 1.5€. This mosquito trap or bug zapper is not worth making from scratch. It is effective. Touching the mosquito mesh on this unit is hurtful, but should not be lethal due to low current. The mosquito killer mesh has around 900V.
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Link to simulator: http://everycircuit.com/app/ (I have a written permission to use this application in my videos.)
Mosquito killing lamp Type 1
Mosquito killing lamp Type 2
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Mains in your country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country
Song in the background: Topher Mohr and Alex Elena – Where I am From, YouTube Audio Library.