The design and testing of our new Battery-Powered Mosquito and Sandfly Aspirator (PN 419) was completed in April of 2018. This aspirator can be used to move mosquitoes and sandflies between cages, etc., in the laboratory; it can be used to conduct human landing rate counts in the field. Suction is provided by an electronics cooling which operates at 5-6 VDC. The fan is quiet (<15 dB) and has sophisticated locked-rotator burnout protection.  This aspirator has a two-speed fan giving intake air flows of 4.8 and 6.2 m/sec.  The collection chambers are 7-dram vials fitted with fine mesh stainless steel cloth for air flow and snap-on lids are included with the aspirator. The polycarbonate intake tube is 8 inches (20.3 cm) long with an ID of 0.375 inches (1.0 cm). The aspirator comes with a waterproof battery case and is supplied with four alkaline AA batteries. The aspirator (PN: 419) also includes a set of alligator leads so the unit can be powered using any size or type of battery, e.g., our 6 VDC 12 Amp Hr gel cell (PN: 2.30) or our Pelican Waterproof 4-D cell Battery Holder (PN: 1.50). Also included is an extension cord 6 feet (or 1.8 meters) in length and a universal power supply that can operate on 100-240 VAC and 50/60 Hz mains. All connections use 5.5/2.1 mm barrel fittings.

Included Items

The Battery-Powered Mosquito and Sand Fly Aspirator unit (PN 419) comes complete with:

• The aspirator housing including fan and protective finger guard, on/off switch and female 5.5/2.1 mm barrel connector.  
• Three 7-dram vials and caps; the bottom of each vial has a fine-mesh and heat-welded stainless screen sufficiently fine for sand fly work.  One of the caps has mounted in it the collection tube.  
• Waterproof battery case for four AA alkaline batteries installed. The case comes with an attached connection cord 4.5 feet (1.4 meters); connector is a male 5.5/2.1 mm barrel connector.
• Alligator clips to a male 5.5/2.1 mm barrel socket so the unit can be powered using any size or type of battery, e.g., our 6 VDC 12 Amp Hr gel cell (PN: 2.30) or our Pelican Waterproof 4-D cell Battery Holder (PN: 1.50).
• Also included is extension cord 6 feet (or 1.8 meters) in length and a universal power supply that can operate on 100-240 VAC and 50/60 Hz mains. All connections use 5.5/2.1 mm barrel fittings.

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