Re: Of Mice and HV (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:10:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: davep@xxxxxxxx
To: hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Of Mice and HV (fwd)


> I have a couple of words to add here.  Several years ago we had a big
> problem with skunks and possums digging up our newly-planted back yard
> - we're only a block from a big golf course where wild animals of all
> sorts thrive.  I tried rigging a perimeter fence powered by a capacitor
> discharge ignition coil which delivered about a 1/4" spark at 100 pps.
> First night it stopped them,
   Allegedly true story:
   Clever farmer/rancher rigged windmill to power electric
   fence.
   Clever cows (horses?) figgered out that unless the mill was turning,
   the fence was off..

   (Yes: Batteries, etc... woulda....)

   best
    dwp