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Re: Electric slug fence;summary


On Sun, 5 Jul 1998 10:25:59 -0400 Victor Torrico <vtorrico@cfw.com>
writes:
>
>
>From: Victor Torrico <vtorrico@cfw.com>
>To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
>Cc: 
>Bcc: 
>Subject: Re: Electric slug fence;summary
>Reply-To: 
>In-Reply-To: <19980704114627.A3688@cfw.com>; from Victor Torrico on 
>Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 11:46:27AM -0400
>
>Quoting Victor Torrico (vtorrico@cfw.com): 
>> 
>> If I wanted to use copper foil I would get some solid copper wire 
>about 3/16
>> inches in diameter or greater, remove the insulation if it is 
>insulated, beat
>> it into a thin foil with a hammer, and then glue or staple the foil 
>around
>> the area I wished to protect.  This is cheap enough to do for a 
>trial to see
>> if it works or not.  I would talk to an electrician since they 
>normally have
>> bits and pieces of solid wire and they might even give it to one if 
>asked
>> nicely.
>> 
>
>Another possibility would be to flatten copper tubing with a hammer 
>and use
>that.
>
>Regards,
>
>-- 
>Victor Torrico
>
>          ------ Wildflower Hill, Head Waters, Virginia ------
>
>
Victor, the problem that I have with flattening copper electrical wire
to make a tape out of it is that apparently the copper has been alloyed
with something else to make it less malleable.  I wired my whole house
myself and have plenty of 12 gauge Romex left over.   I get cracks at the
edges, but I agree that with a little bit of work, at least something
could be cobbled up to see if the "copper barrier" works.  Seems
so far that there is no conscientious one  way or the other whether
a strip of copper is a barrier that slugs and snails won't cross, at
least from anyone who has done this themselves, not just "heard" that it
works.  Since
I don't have any snails or slugs in my area, I can't do the experiment.

     Stan       the cheap and lazy gardener.

P.S.  I guess a good experiment might be to build a little
"slug corral" out of flat copper and put a slug inside.  See if he (or
she, or whatever) (no I am not willing to find out!), WON'T go over the
copper
or CAN'T go over the copper.  
     Either way, I WANT VIDEOS!

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