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and yet was by no means fatal to them, I think.
Nonetheless, it was dangerous to assemble and operate, and children should not be permitted to construct one of these devices at home. Nor at RCHS.
The raccoon version involved the use of a stainless steel plate (I used Type 304 stainless, but any conductive material would be suitable) into which a small hole was drilled; a non-coated wire coat hanger formed into a circle of a diameter that matched the ID of the upper portion of a large trash can; and a two-conductor wire with a conventional 110 volt plug at one end and bare ends on each conductor at their other ends.
Assembly was simple—the conductor ends were affixed, one each, to the plate and the coat hanger; the plate was dropped into the bottom of the trash can; the coat hanger was fitted into the inside top of the trash can; tasty and aromatic trash was placed in the can to loosely fill it to one-third capacity; and the plug was plugged in to a nearby outlet.
And so I did. And the raccoon momentarily closed that circuit. We were awakened that evening many years ago by an electrical surge, the sounds of popping, and the scream of an enlightened, so to
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