If you haven’t tried it – Don’t knock it!
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 14:55
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Doodle
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: Mike Harding - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 15:00
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 15:00
This is a serious question: any particular shade of yellow?
I'm a bit fed up with moths doing kamikaze dives into my Thai Green Curry, or whatever I happen to be cooking - "If I wanted moth I would have ordered it!" I lecture them as I fish them out... the ones I notice that is....
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Doodle - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 15:34
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 15:34
At first read, I thought you were having a go at me Mike. LOL.
No particular shade of yellow – lemon yellow – baby chit yellow – take your pick.
The aerosol paint does not harm the tube in any way and you get a
bright bug free light.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:30
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:30
Thanks to you both; I'll give it a go.
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:33
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:33
PS. In fact, I'm quite looking forward to wandering into Bunnings and saying; "I'd like a yellow aerosol paint spray please... to keep the moths away".
Mike Harding :)
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Follow Up By: Axel [ the real one ] - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:39
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:39
Dont know if you get em in 12v but you can get yellow fluro tubes in 240v + in bulb format , screw in and pin type. ,
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Follow Up By: Gob & Denny - Thursday, Jun 07, 2007 at 10:07
Thursday, Jun 07, 2007 at 10:07
msot good electrical wholesalers and light shops will have them so you dont have to carry a can of yellow spray but its probably handy if you run out of store bought lamps
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Reply By: Footloose - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:49
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:49
Hello Yellow :)) I have some verandah lights that attract flighties, and they attract cane toads under them for a free feed.
Looks like I'll have to get some 240V yellow globes and give it a go
Thanks, everyone :)
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Reply By: Member - Steve (ACT) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 17:13
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 17:13
We used yellow tinted contact (the stuff for school books) cut to size, works
well!!
Steve
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Reply By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 18:49
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 18:49
This is an old old remedy that does in fact work! My folks had a yellow spot light shining over the backyard swimming
pool in the 7's and we hardly ever saw bugs around it......
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Reply By: Peter 2 - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 19:22
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 19:22
I just wrap yellow cellophane around the globe and it keeps the bugs away.
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Reply By: Member - Duncs - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 20:01
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 20:01
Try filling an old hurricane light with citronella oil.
We stick that in the middle of the table with the
bright 12/240v light placed some distance away.
Duncs
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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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