On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:59:42 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 03 Jun 2012, Jim Elbrecht wrote in
alt.home.repair:

2 c's will kill about a dozen mice was my experience with one many
years ago-- Victor says their 4aa model will kill 100 mice per
set-- 4 d's ought to kill a few rats.

there is a capacitor in there someplace.

Huh! I don't think of 4 D-cells in a flashlight being deadly like that.

An alkaline D-cell is, what, 15Ah? Four of them (at 1.5V) is That's about
90Wh, not an inconsequential amount of power. Boost the voltage a bit and,
trust me, it'll light you up.

I wish the Rat Zapper people made a larger version I could use on
squirrels.

Squirrels and rats are about the same size...