Re: electric fencing?


In a message dated 5/1/99 7:44:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
PUMPKNFLOWR@email.msn.com writes:

<< 
 The hot pepper and the fence seem like  good ideas.
 Pumpkin Guy when you say green posts , do you mean the
 green metal kind that you use for wire fencing?
 Is that safe with the electricity ?
 The hava heart trap is set now, and I have sprinkled flour on the soil
 to try and get animal foot prints , so I can figure what we are dealing
 with.
 I'm hoping it's the neighbors cat , that likes the seaweed and Cat Food
 additives.
 But I'm rarely that lucky.
 Thanks
 PF >>
PF,
   There are different types of insulators when using an electric fence. If 
you already have wooden posts, you can get nail on insulators to drive into 
the fence posts. The l insulators for metal posts, are plastic and they snap 
on to the post. They are either the T style post or the regular steel green 
post @ home depot. If you bring in a sample post to Agway, they can give you 
the right insulator. The electric fencers I use vary from 5,000 to 9,000 
volts. The fence pulses and is a nasty shock, but is designed to not be 
lethal to large animals. If you run a low wire to stop small animals like a 
woodchuck, it can kill a mouse if it should reach up and touch the wire. I 
haven't seen it kill anything the size of a woodchuck. If you are concerned 
about electricity in the patch, I would get the 12 volt model. You should 
attach signs to it, warning that it is an electric fence. If electric fencing 
makes you uneasy, I would invest in some 4 foot heavy duty turkey wire type 
of regular fencing. I don't use electric fence on my big ones....just in the 
field pumpkin patches.
      								Wayne

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