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Aug 24, 2019

VIDEO: No Bugs Allowed In The Truck Camper

VIDEO: No Bugs Allowed In The Truck Camper



Turn your ceiling fan into a bug killing machine. An effective and easy way to use your Truck Camper or RV ceiling fan to remove bugs from inside your RV quickly and painfully (for the bugs that is). Fun to watch the little buggers get their butts kicked out and removes them quickly. No fly swatter mess to clean up. Some stragglers may need additional shoeing.

Some additional information:

A quick search yields that a bright white LED light will attract bugs.
Source.
Perhaps not as effectively as an incandescent light but in this case, the LED was the only light source in the truck camper and it was an intense, concentrated light source. That is why in this case it worked as well as it did.
Found this too.
Do fluorescent lights attract bugs?
In fact, a study to determine how the type of light bulb used affects the number of bugs attracted found that incandescent light bulbs attracted the most insects (with fluorescent bulbs coming in second), while LEDs, particularly those with a warm color temperature, attracted the least bugs.Sep 14, 2017

An incandescent light would work best if you have one.
Reading about bugs and light, Mosquitoes and blood sucking insects are attracted to infrared and most others to white-blue-violet bug zapper light if you want best results.
It's kind of turning into a science project. The object is turning your fan into an auto ejecting bug zapper/slicer/dicer!

4 Replies

  • Don't laugh.. we carry a small rechargeable vacuum. Suck the bugs up and done with it.
  • wow, kewl...
    I'll see what can be done, the Gnats are driving me Knutts...
    Thanks for the leads...
    Hava good one..
  • Some additional information:
    A quick search yields that a bright white LED light will attract bugs.
    Source.
    Perhaps not as effectively as an incandescent light but in this case, the LED was the only light source in the truck camper and it was an intense, concentrated light source. That is why in this case it worked as well as it did.
    Found this too.
    Do fluorescent lights attract bugs?
    In fact, a study to determine how the type of light bulb used affects the number of bugs attracted found that incandescent light bulbs attracted the most insects (with fluorescent bulbs coming in second), while LEDs, particularly those with a warm color temperature, attracted the least bugs.Sep 14, 2017




    fpoole wrote:
    Well, sorta, hehehe... GNATS !!!
    The ones that circle the kitchen light.... they stay there...

    Tried various things, Bounce Laundry Sheets, AVon Soft skin around the lights..
    No luck yet... next step would be bug Zapper...

    I have used the fan foe Wasps.. for some reason they come in there, maybe cause of the smells being pushed out.. but like a warring blender, Thrashed....

    but then you need to clean up the mess.. heheh..

    Fun in the camper eh???

    Edit: Ahhh soooo.. the key is to turn OFF the lights and use the flashlights... Might give a try..
    Thanks...

    An incandescent light would work best if you have one.
    Reading about bugs and light, Mosquitoes and blood sucking insects are attracted to infrared and most others to white-blue-violet bug zapper light if you want best results. It's kind of turning into a science project. The object is turning your fan into an auto ejecting bug zapper/slicer/dicer!
  • Well, sorta, hehehe... GNATS !!!
    The ones that circle the kitchen light.... they stay there...

    Tried various things, Bounce Laundry Sheets, AVon Soft skin around the lights..
    No luck yet... next step would be bug Zapper...

    I have used the fan foe Wasps.. for some reason they come in there, maybe cause of the smells being pushed out.. but like a warring blender, Thrashed....

    but then you need to clean up the mess.. heheh..

    Fun in the camper eh???

    Edit: Ahhh soooo.. the key is to turn OFF the lights and use the flashlights... Might give a try..
    Thanks...