Zapper Kills Flies With Electrified Cables

Zapper Kills Flies With Electrified Cables DAIRY EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Dairy Equipment & Ideas 20-5-18 "It's virtually maintenance-free and works better than any other fly-killing method ever developed," says Bryan Sarauer about his company's new "Fly Pop'r" system that uses a series of electrified cables to zap flies. Developed by a New Jersey poultry pest control company and now being introduced for hog barns, it consists simply of a power unit that sends about 5,000 volts of current through a network of "killer cord". One unit can power up to 2,500 ft. of flexible nylon cord that you hang from the ceiling or rafters. Positive and negative wires are woven into the cord. A jolt of current is sent through the cord every 3.5 seconds killing all flies sitting on them. The cords, which are rust and corrosion proof, provide an at-tractive resting place for flies. "It's a low amperage, very high voltage system," Sarauer notes. "It'll give a human a heckuva jolt but won't do any physical harm. It's like an electric fence, you just won't want to touch it again. The system is completely safe for livestock and poultry so I think it would have limited effect on pest birds such as sparrows." The power unit plugs into any 110 volt outlet and sells for $549 (U.S.). Cord sells for $475 per 1,000 ft. A loosely-woven water-shed tape with three wires is available for high moisture situations. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Del-Air Systems, 1704 4th Ave., P.O. Box 2500, Humboldt, Sask., Canada SOK 2AO (ph 800 667-1722; fax 306 682-5559).

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