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Where can I find circuit for electronic rat trap?
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rs20:
The three stated voltages of rat traps I can find in a Google search is 8kV, 8.5kV, and 9kV. True that normal mains electricity might kill a rat, but perhaps doing it reliably, repeatably and humanely* is a different story.

* To be fair, with crushing/slow starvation of a normal mousetrap being our benchmark, there's a pretty low bar here.
nickn4:

--- Quote ---* To be fair, with crushing/slow starvation of a normal mousetrap being our benchmark, there's a pretty low bar here.
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soo true xD


--- Quote ---Do not think that rats need 8000V to die.
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i found out some of the consumer ones are powered from 4 c battries. so i dont think a rat will die from the low volts in junction with the low current. one of them needs to up alot..
Richard Crowley:

--- Quote from: nickn4 on June 15, 2015, 01:05:45 am ---i found out some of the consumer ones are powered from 3 aa battries.

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Clearly, they are using an interter circuit to boost the voltage to several KV.
Not unlike the Xenon flash in your camera.
Greorge:
Did anybody here was successful to make something like that and could share circuit and list of components?
Andy Watson:

--- Quote from: Greorge on June 15, 2015, 12:52:21 am ---Do not think that rats need 8000V to die.

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Neither do humans. Without appropriate knowledge and experience of dealing with high voltage you are more than likely to be the trap's first victim.
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