Re: electric fencing?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: electric fencing?
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 01:04:26 EDT
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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