On 2012-04-13, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Martin Brown writes:

Two flykillers failed about a month after their warrantee ran out in
exactly the same way - the choke is now open circuit. The HT zapper
still works fine but the flies don't visit without the blue light lure.
....
Meanwhile, you could replace the tubes with a piece of raw chicken,
and you'll probably find the zapper is 10 times more effective than
it used to be...

Modern proverb: "you can catch more flies with chicken than you can
with vinegar"?