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)