If you haven’t tried it – Don’t knock it!
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 14:55
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Referring to Captain’s thread ID46288 “Moths & Lights”, I suggested a light spray with yellow paint on the fluro tube works a treat.
This followup was posted: hahahaha then no one could see anything
I can assure everyone it is a simply and effective solution. Any loss in luminosity from the fluro is unperceivable. At this very moment, I am in a field
camp in Papua (West Irian). Outside all the accommodation rooms are the small energy saver fluro lights and all have been sprayed (not so lightly) with yellow paint. We do this in every
camp. Plenty of light and – no bugs!
Cheers
Reply By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 20:14
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 20:14
I've asked at nemerous Campoing shows if yellow fluros are available and always yep I've seen them and no we don't have them. Thanks for the painting tip.
We found that bugs and bees are attracted to fluros but not to the same degree gas lights. When we were up at the
Mitchell plateau bugs where so bad we set up a ligt away from us to attract all the bugs there and then set up the gas light on the
table so we could eat in peace.
Tried watching a DVD on my lap top one night and had that many bugs on the screen that weren't in the movie that we had to give up.
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, Jun 07, 2007 at 01:05
Thursday, Jun 07, 2007 at 01:05
My experience with the Gas lantern was that they still attracted a fair amount of bugs. They just got toasted a bit before they fell into your Thai Green Curry.
I distictly remember the amount of dead bodies that coated the lid of the lantern.
I put up with it until a got a sequence of buggered mantles in a short space of time.
Now, never use it. Maybe that's why I have a collection of 12 volt lights, but the LED lamp certainly has solved my cooking problem and the little buggers falling into my glass of Red.
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