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Operation
Your Mosquito PowerTrap is fully automatic. It is
equipped with a photocell, temperature sensors and a
computer microprocessor.
The control panel is located on the top of the unit and
has the following operating modes:
• 24/7 (on 24 hours, 7
days/week)
• 3 Hours (on at dusk,
off 3 hours later)
• 3 + 2 Hours (on at dusk,
off 3 hours later; on again at dawn, off 2 hours lat-
er).
• 4 + 3 Hours (on at dusk, off 4 hours later;
on again at dawn, off 3 hours later)
• Off/Reset (manual off)
To select the desired mode, first push the button la-
beled “Off/Reset” to clear the computer memory.
Then push the button labeled “Mode”.
For continuous operation press the “Mode” button
once. The green light labeled “24/7” will light and the
unit will operate continuously 24 hours per day until
the “Off/Reset” button is pressed.
For timed operation, press and hold the “Mode” but-
ton. When the desired mode is selected as indicated
by its green light, release the button. No further con-
trol is necessary and your unit will function in the
mode selected every day until the “Off/Reset” button
is depressed or an interruption occurs in the electrical
power source.
When the 24/7 mode is selected, the unit will begin
its start cycle and approximately three minutes later,
the fan and LED lights located in the entrance to the
trap will come on intermittently. Once the catalyst
has reached operating temperature, which will take
five to ten minutes, the fan and LED lights will remain
on and the start cycle will be complete.
When a timed mode is selected, the fan and LED
lights will come on immediately and remain on. The
unit, however, waits for dusk and then checks the out-
side air temperature to determine if it is sufficiently
warm for insect activity (above 55º – 60ºF). This is an
important feature to conserve propane fuel. The unit
will automatically begin its start cycle when the light
level reaches dusk and remains at the level of dusk
for ten minutes (thus avoiding the effects of transient
light sources) and if the outside air temperature is
above the 55º – 60ºF range.
The start cycle is also repeated at dawn when the 3 +
2 hr or the 4 + 3 hr mode is selected.
During start cycles, which are from five to ten
minutes in duration, the fan and LED lights operate
intermittently.
Ten to fifteen minutes after the unit detects a lack of
propane fuel (either due to an empty tank or due to
improper installation of the propane regulator to the
tank valve) the three green timed mode lights on the
control panel will flash. Simply switch the PowerTrap
off and refuel. If the unit is not out of propane and the
lights are flashing check that the tank valve is fully
open and that the regulator is properly attached to the
tank valve.
Mosquitoes and biting flies are generally most active
shortly after dusk and again at dawn. Therefore, the 3
+ 2, or 4 + 3 timed modes are usually the most eco-
nomical settings.
The 24/7 mode is desirable if day flying mosquitoes
are present or to operate at temperatures below 55º
F.
Your Enemy – the Mosquito
There are some 2,700 species (different kinds of
mosquitoes) in the world with about 170 species in
North America alone.
Most mosquitoes live and die close to where they
hatch, although some can travel miles in search of a
host. Only the female mosquito bites as she requires
a blood meal to produce eggs.
Mosquitoes require standing water in aquatic habitats
including fresh water, salt water marshes, brackish
water or in water found in containers, old tires, tree
holes, even flower pots. The female mosquito lays
her eggs on the surface of the water and if conditions
are right the eggs hatch and become larvae, then pu-
pae and finally adult mosquitoes; all in 10 to 14 days.
Both male and female mosquitoes feed regularly on
nectar obtained from flowers, but females require
blood to produce fertile eggs. Therefore, she must
find a human or animal host to blood feed before she
can lay her eggs.
Most mosquitoes that emerge in the wild never come
in contact with humans but obtain blood from birds
and other animals. Mosquito species that breed
around the home remain close to where they hatched
and are regarded as pests and carriers of disease.
Mosquitoes in search of a blood meal use visual,
thermal and olfactory (odor) stimuli to locate a host.
Of these, olfactory cues are the most important.
Out of the more than 100 compounds detected in hu-
man breath only two have been isolated and identi-
fied as significant mosquito and biting fly attractants;
carbon dioxide (CO2) and octenol (1-OCTEN-3-
OL). These attractants serve as long-range airborne
attractants and can be detected by mosquitoes and
biting flies at distances of 100 feet to 125 feet.
At close range, body heat, moisture and lactic acid
serve as terminal attractants. Certain species show
strong preferences for biting different parts of the hu-
man body. This is thought to be related to local skin
temperature and lactic acid output.
The attractiveness of different persons to mosquitoes
varies substantially. Men are bitten more readily than
women, adults more often than children and larger
persons attract more mosquitoes perhaps because of
their greater relative heat and carbon dioxide output.
How Your Flowtron
Mosquito PowerTrap Works
The revolutionary new Flowtron Mosquito PowerTr a p
replicates the attractants mosquitoes use to locate, bite
and annoy humans. It does this by producing carbon
dioxide, heat and moisture and combining these stimuli
with octenol to create an attractant to mosquitoes.
Your Flowtron Mosquito PowerTrap:
• Replicates the human attractants of respiration,
odor, body heat.
• Converts readily available propane gas into heat,
moisture and carbon dioxide, the acknowledged
leading mosquito and attractants emitted by hu-
mans.
• Produces a powerful vacuum to draw mosquitoes
into a convenient, removable catch tray where
they quickly dehydrate and die for safe, clean dis-
posal.
• Contains state-of-the-art computer controlled elec-
tronics to operate automatically in one of four
modes selected by you.
Mosquito PowerTrap does away with ultraviolet lights
and high voltage killing grids. Most importantly, it kills
only female mosquitoe.
Flowtron Mosquito PowerTrap uses an exclusive plat-
inum catalyst that converts air and propane gas into
heat, moisture and carbon dioxide. It does this in an
efficient, effective and economical manner. The cata-
lyst converter is completely safe, flameless and never
needs to be replaced.
N o t e :
As mosquitoes and biting flies pass thro u g h
the fan, most are killed and thrown ag a i n s t
the side of the internal screen-lined funnel.
Those that escape the fan’s killing action
end up in the catch tray where they quick ly
d e hydrate and die. See page 7 for instruc-
tions for removing the screen-lined funnel
and cleaning the screen.
Note:
To resume operation following an electri-
cal disturbance or a loss of electrical
power, press the “Off/Reset” button to
clear the computer memory then reset
the unit to the desired operating mode.
In the event the PowerTrap fails to respond
to its controls (mode selection) unplug the
unit for a few seconds, reattach plug and
then reset to the desired mode.