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Re: electric slug fence


On Sun, 21 Jun 1998 09:55:55 +0100 (BST) Allan Day
<allan@crwys.demon.co.uk> writes:
>On Sun 21 Jun,  DALE   NEIL wrote:
>> Hi Stan,ches or
>> 
>> I appreciate you  trying this out because I am at war with the 
>little 
>> buggers. One thing that you might want to consider is that there are 
>
>> a slew of slugs out there less than 1/2 inch long and even the ones 
>> that are longer can crawl along the tubing without making ground 
>> contact at all. Sounds like the idea might need a little tweaking 
>> here and there :-) 
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Dale Neil
>> Zone 5 Rock Island, Ill.  
>>
>OK so far. The next thing to do then is to put a second wire on top of
>the polytube at less than 1/2 inch gap from the first (with a steady
>hand) or even one each side and connect the new one(s) to the ground
>spike.
>I am also thinking of new variants. There exists in the electronic 
>world
>conductive plastic, in foam and solid forms, not as conductive as 
>metal
>but quite good, that might be pressed into service. Or what about
>aluminium tape. I seem to remember a sort with self-adhesive backing.
>And there is stiff polythene pipe down to 1 inch as used in
>horticulture, lighter gauge than the usual mains water type.
>Or what about conductive paint?
>And what is the lowest voltage to kill or deter a slug, with all that
>slime around maybe 50 Volts would do the job and be quite safe with 
>kids
>and pets, this could be derived direct from batteries or a relatively
>simple convertor from a car battery.
>
>I would point out that we must not forget the alternative principle of
>non-electric copper barrier, no electric fencer, no batteries.
>
>-- 
>Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>
>
Great ideas Allan.
The second wire strictly for grounding purposes I 
think is the ticket that will ensure all trespassers will
be greeted properly.  
     The high voltage, low amperage of the electric fence
charger does tend to like to spark across air gaps that
are too small.  
    Maybe painting two parallel lines, 1/2 inch apart, (using an
electrically conductive
paint) along a 10 ft length of 3/4 inch cheap PVC pipe might
do it.  The PVC pipe costs only about a dollar for a 10 ft length, if
I remember correctly.  
     I think the high voltage has its good points because it should
deter larger animal that step on it too.
    This sounds like fun and I don't even have a ground hugging
creature problem.  (My lowest electrified wire on my fence is
only about an inch off of the ground.)
     Where do you suppose I might look for this type of paint?
Thanks again
     Stan               the cheap and lazy gardener

P.S.  The shock that the fence gives off really doesn't
hurt that much, but it is something that you don't want
to do again.  I have accidently been shocked many times by my fence,
and as you can tell, I'm perfectly normal!

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