Vortex wrote:
Hi There,

A few months ago we purchased a councol subsidised composter for
garden/kitchen waste. It has now reached a "steady state" where despite
having stuff put in every day the level doesn't go up at all. I assume
compost chemistry is in action.

One unpleasant side affect is that it has become home to a dense swarm of
annoying small flies.

I imagine this is a great application for some home grown technology. The
perfect product for this situation would be some kind of (low supply
voltage) electrical insect zapper, that perhaps uses a UV LED as "bait". Do
such things exist?

I see Maplin sell these http://tinyurl.com/mdf2t but they do not look like
they would last long inside a compost bin.

Any better suggestions?

D

leave the top off for a while to allow "fly eating insects" access

Alex