phorbin wrote:
In article , says...


I'm also starting stuff for a neighbor , and we plan to preserve
quite a bit . So , it seems the consensus is ... don't .
I wondered if the MOT might be a lot more joules than is needed to
discourage the critters . If it becomes a problem , I guess I'll
purchase a unit . I've been told that if they don't know it's here
they won't bother it , but last year they killed two of my new fruit
trees , killed my taters , lettuce , and some of the tomatoes . The
remaining trees are now in cages made of 6x6 concrete rewire with
bird/deer mesh around the cage . Cost prohibitive right now to fence
the garden , at $3.50 per foot that's almost 500 bucks for wire
alone . Figure about double that with posts , top rail , fittings ,
and concrete and we just don't have that right now . An electric
fence I can probably swing , at a couple hundred for the unit ,
posts/standoffs , and wire if I spread the purchases out .
Retirement income only stretches so far ...

You may have already had a look... Given your ability to source old
parts and
make do... etc. this might be an easy build.

A Homemade Electric Fence Charger

By the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Editors
July/August 1982

http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/h...fence-charger-
zmaz82jazgoe.aspx

"The charger we put together is powered by a 12-volt automotive
battery, and
can deliver an attention-getting 25,000 volts of electricity to the
fence
strands once every second. "

I usually go to Mother Earth News whenever I need some kind of
farm/garden diy.

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Thanks ! Page is bookmarked , I have a few caps/resistors and a couple of
usable coils ... and limited experience in electronics . This looks like a
winner .
Brings to mine my grandaddy's fence charger . It had a spring loaded
rotating piece with a contact , when the contact made it would charge the
fence for a pulse and a magnetic coil would "rewind" the rotating part for
another cycle . Clunk clunk clunk SOB hurt too , but not long enough
to kill or maim .
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Snag