"Roy Hammond" wrote in message
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| 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.

Try a Kemo Ion Generator kit. That'll be safe enough - you don't want some
kiddie getting zapped. Or how about flashing strobe lights when they cross a
light beam?

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