Re: Electric fence - badgers

From: Mark Leininger (markl_at_fnal.gov)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:40:19 -0500

We use a fence charger to provide perimeter protection for our chicken
coop and have found a few sets of blackened paw prints in the morning.
It deters racoons and skunk with no problem. It also knocked me down
when I accidentally touched it. I put 3 rows of wires, one a few inches
off the ground to deter things that can dig, one up about 12 inches and
one up about 24 inches.

Roy Hammond wrote:
> Anybody any design ideas for a high-voltage generator for an electric fence
> to deter (not kill - that's illegal in the UK) badgers from entering my
> garden and digging up the lawns?
>
> I've toyed with adapting either a boiler/gas oven ignition system or a car
> ignition system ...? But I'm lost as to determining what would be safe and
> how to measure the voltage (kV), current (mA) and energy (Joules) available.
>
> Any ideas or experience welcome...
> -Roy-
> (Surrey, England)
>
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