I think it would work for all small varmints. Opossums, squirrels, raccoons. Rats would probably just burrow into an area without light.
On Dec 11, 2010, at 11:26 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Jeffery Smith > >> An interesting way to keep them out of the attic is a strobe light. >> They can hack just about any annoyance except that one. Not terribly >> practical, though. >> >> Jeffery > > Would that work for squirrels too? > > I did burglar alarms for 15 years, and I could rig a cheap strobe to a timer > ~ 3 min or so and use an IR motion detector to trigger it and the whole thing > can be powered by a 12v gel cell power pack (constant trickle charge with AC > from a wall wart). > > It wouldn't take 5 minutes to build it and less than an hour to install it. > > The only challenge I see is finding an older version motion detector that > doesn't have circuitry to keep pets from setting it off. If pets won't set it > off, squirrels wouldn't set it off. > > I'll have to dig around some at home. I may even have one still left over > from my BA days. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
