Im sick of the racoons getting into my trashcan in middle of the night and spilling it all over the place. Now I just bought a mercury switch ($6) and a 100 feet wire from amazon ($9). Im going to hook these up to a LED flashlight so that when the racoon opens the garbage can lid, the mercury switch closes the circuit, and the led shines into my bedroom window. Then, I see if racoon can outrun pellet. (Yes I already caught everything a trap would catch and relocated, but still have some too smart for trap, and I dont want to use poison because I have pets. Also bought new can, straps, etc but they always get in or spend much of night trying which drives my dog nuts). I could have bought hunting motion detector, but it seems they are line of site and my bedroom is around the corner, and are prone to false alarms and battery drains. Comments?