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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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After, seeing repeated and aggressive damage from squirrels, I did some research and decided to add a fourth (yes, that is correct, FOURTH) fence around my pumpkin plants. You can see in this image there is chicken wire, heavier gauge woodchuck fence, and also insect/60% shade Aluminet netting, and now I have added electric netting.
This is a Kencove Low-Impedance Electric Fence Energizer rated at 4.0 Joule output. I have AC power nearby, so I have the 110V plug-in model. In this image you can see all the lights are on (which I had to time the picture to capture this, as it pulses about every second or so), indicating it is supplying a full charge. This amount of power is overkill, since the recommend rate is 0.25J per fence, and I only have two fences, but I figure in this case more is better. Also, I have a positive/negative fence which is recommended for arid regions or for those that want ultimate control. The basics of this type are that the squirrel can complete the circuit through the net, as it only needs to touch two of the wires. The more common type of electric fence/net requires the animal to touch both the fence and the ground at the same time, since the fence only has a positive charge.
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