My mosquito trap is ready for action! I fixed the broken blade with Art Glitter Glue and painter’s tape. It felt wobbly, still, so I reinforced it with duct tape. We had red. I like red.
I cut and added screening with zip ties and a little more tape.
The screening is on the back, intake side of the fan. The idea is to suck the mosquitos to the back of the fan and trap them there.
I replaced the front grid of the fan and turned it on. It’s ready for testing tomorrow.
I removed the gray, crumbling cover from the flexible neck of the lamp. I actually think it looks better!
I will not tell you how many times I took the screws back out because wires got in the way. I thought I was finished at midnight, but I had the bottom on backwards.
I am proud that when I needed a magnetized screwdriver, I rubbed the end of one with a chicken magnet from the refrigerator.
It worked like a charm! I finished at 1:00am.
So, tomorrow morning, I can tell Kent, in the words of Kenny Loggins, “Turn on your Ottlight!” 😄😄😄
And I fixed my husband’s Ottlight lamp. He’d asked me to take a look at the switch, which wasn’t working.
I had to take the whole thing apart to get to the switch. I got the idea of what might be wrong from an appliance repairman who fixed a faulty dryer switch a few weeks earlier. The actual switch was under a button that had become misaligned.
After removing 15 very reluctant, tiny, Phillips head screws, I discovered that’s what had happened, the switch had worked itself out of the slot that was supposed to hold it under the on/off button.
I glued the switch back in place, with crazy glue.
I plugged the lamp up, and the switch worked!
Now, after a much needed break, I need to get those 15 screws back in.
I hope. I pulled this with white and my new wet strength tissue:
So I’m trying to fix it by repainting the parts that pulled off white. If the blue pulled off, I’m leaving it alone.
When it’s dry, I’ll try pulling it again with the light blue paint and copy paper. It seems to work the best for me.
I’ll report.