Solar Powered Mosquito Zapper with Fragrance Diffuser

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Dengue, the Zika virus, and Malaria were one of the relevant diseases that mosquitoes bring. More deaths were associated with mosquitoes because of the diseases they carry. On the other hand, different researchers thought of different ways on how to kill them, and one of the best is the mosquito zappers. The mosquito zapper uses electricity to work. It electrifies mosquitoes that will be caught in touch into its grid. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of solar-powered mosquito zapper with fragrance diffuser in terms of catching mosquitoes and to find out if the solar powered mosquito zapper with fragrance diffuser can do what the commercially available mosquito zapper can.

METHODS

The experiment includes three major parts the first one is the making of the solar powered mosquito zapper with fragrance diffuser, the second one is the testing of the product to an electronic professional and lastly, testing of it as home use. The solar-powered mosquito zapper was made of a carton box and chicken wires, it's major components are the solar panel, chipset, and a battery. Its fragrance diffuser (reed diffuser) was from the sap of a lavender flower since it has been found that floral scents attract mosquitoes. It was tested by an electronic professional at M. Cruz St. Cainta, Rizal using different electric tester as well as at 450 Flora St. Marick Subd. Brgy. Sto. Domingo Cainta, Rizal and as home use for 7 days at 119 Sitio Victoria Brgy. San Juan Cainta, Rizal. Both of the mosquito zappers (the commercially available mosquito zapper and the solar powered mosquito zapper with fragrance diffuser) are placed at 6.62 sq. m room approximately 1.09 m far from each other. The solar-powered mosquito zapper has a 5 ml amount fragrance diffuser that lasts for 3 days, it was charged for 8 hours and also lasts for 8 hours.

RESULTS

It has been found that there is no significant difference between the solar powered mosquito zapper with fragrance diffuser and commercially available mosquito zapper since the t statistics which is -0.35355 is less than the t critical which is 2.178813.

DISCUSSIONS

The study indicates that mosquito zapper with fragrance diffuser is more effective in killing mosquitoes than the commercially available because mosquitoes get attracted to floral scents that the diffuser emits. Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals that cannot be easily killed but through thorough research, solar powered mosquito zapper with fragrance diffuser can now be used for killing mosquitoes