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TicksBuster
Assembly and Operation Manual
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Video on
TicksBuster
trap instruction can be found at:
www.ticksbuster.fi
(1:35).
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Connect the plastic pipes (2 pcs) to each other with a junction sleeve. Inside the sleeve there is an end piece in
the middle, i.e. press the pipes up to the end piece. The plastic tube must be about1 m long, i.e. the width of the
fabric. The junction sleeve is usually already in another plastic tube.
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Thread the plastic pipe to the two-part hole sewn in to the other end of the fabric.
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Thread the plastic string through the plastic tube.
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Attach the plastic string ends to the carabines on the end of the telescopic arm.
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Place the telescopic arm on the table so that the fabric is left hanging from its top on the string
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Press the white thread plug on both ends of the plastic tube so that the plastic string will be caught in the middle
and the black markers on the plastic string remain visible, so there will remain equally long snippet visible on
both ends.
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Close the plastic tube with sticker on both ends.
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Spread the gear on the floor to the pull position, i.e. pockets upwards.
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Remove the plastic cover from the top of the heating pads and shake the cushion to make the ingredients blend
well. Put the bag on the pull fabric pocket and about 15 minutes after the heat pad is ready for use (about 40
degrees C). There are three pieces of pockets and you can put the heating pads in each pocket or just one/two.
When you stop using the trap, put the heating pads in the enclosed plastic bag that comes with the shipment
and close the bag. When the heat pad does not receive oxygen, its function ceases. Once you start again using
the gear, take the heat pads out of the plastic bag and the pads will start to warm up once you put them in the
pull fabric pocket.
The heating pad lasts a total of about five (5) hours warm (over 40 degrees Celsius).
The heating pad contains: iron powder, activated carbon, vermiculite, salt and water.
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Take the Co2 cartridge and the valve and screw the open/close end to the cartridge. The twist directions
printed on the valve ‘open’ and ‘close’ are the right directions. when you twist the cartridge and hold the valve
steady. Twist lightly until there is more resistance (ca. 4 twists). After this twist still half a round, you are not sup-
posed to twist it all the way to the end (fully closed). If you twist to the end of the valve, the adjusting of the valve
will be more difficult. Check if the connection is successful, twist the cartridge as little as possible to the opposite
direction (open) and if gas is released the connection has been successful. If there was no release of gas carry
on twisting the cartridge to ’close’ direction another half a round and check again if the connection has been
successful. When closing the gas inlet, turn the valve closed only until the gas inlet stops, never turn to the end
/ bottom.
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When you start to use Co2 in the trap, open the valve as little as possible by twisting the cartridge to Open posi-
tion (with valve in place).
Always keep the container and valve in your hands so that the valve
’s nozzle
points away from your body.
When you rotate the valve regulator open, hold your hand on the regulator so
that it is not in front of the nozzle where the gas is released, because the emitted gas as a large amount will
cause a frostbite in the skin. The gas is released very little at once from the container, just enough to hear a
weak continuous sound from the valve. Blind ticks smell a small amount of carbon dioxide. In general, the regu-
lator is rotated too much at the beginning, so be prepared for this, and prepare to turn the regulator immediately
backwards (closed). You can check the correct amount by placing the valve with the container in an open glass
of water and then calculating the amount of bubbles. The gas adjustment is correct when the bubbles enter
about 20-30 pieces in 10 seconds.
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Attach the plastic holder of the Co2 cartridge in the middle of the plastic tube with the strap with a hole (opening
on the fabric). Pull the Co2 cartridge with the valves onto the other side of the holder and screw the cartridge
into the fastener. The fastener rotates 360 degrees and turn the fastener so that the cartridge valve
’s nozzle is
pointing towards the ground/floor. Carbon dioxide is a heavier gas than air and it is pressed towards ground
when released.
