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Garden State Pumpkins

OK just did a site search on electric fences and although mentioned quite often manufacturers and pricing detail along with power ratings aren't quite what I was looking for. If anybody has some input on what would stop woodchucks I would appreciate it here....Even if it's just recommending power rating and a particular setup that works well...Thanks for any help....final count was 7 and a half chucks ....but not a pumpkin on the bait!..

10/26/2005 9:55:21 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

If you're looking at battery power 12V fencers can use older car batteries,you need a spare one charging as well.
6V would also be plenty for a small area.
Sheep fencing (square mesh)might work although the squares are quite big not many woodchucks around here.

10/26/2005 12:14:20 PM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Found out a bit more,sheep net is 84cm squares but you can get rabbit net which is 50cm squares sounds better.

10/26/2005 12:39:39 PM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Oops thats the height not the square size but rabbit is bound to be smaller than sheep.

10/26/2005 12:44:44 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

I use a cheap 110 volt charger with one wire about 5" off the ground and another around 14" off. It works on raccoon also. I then go about every 16" to 18" to keep the deer out as well. I use plain wire, but farmers around here say that the white poly wire works better for deer. I also found that a .22 WMR with a 7 power scope and hollow point bullest does a real good job on wood chucks. One hit and they just flop over and quiver.

10/26/2005 12:58:26 PM

ENGLAND

Hey Mark, You aint seen the rabbits around these parts then !! LOL

10/26/2005 2:49:50 PM

We've got ground hogs here in NC and deer. Millions of both. 1s yr they ate everything. I went to the local ag store bought a small electric box which worked good at 4 inches and 14 inches and 20 inches. 1200 ft to the patch through the woods. Did fair so now I have a battery operated box right in the patch. The deer will not jump over the wire, don't know why because I've seen them jump 8 ft high fences( regular) fences. No problems with the ground hogs now. LOL Carl NC

10/26/2005 7:03:47 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Thanks for the input...This is a backyard with plenty of electric power available...just need to Know I guess is the height of the ground for chucks and "Joules" is what I think they call it for electrifying....some old posts also mention three ground posts for getting it to work...looking for the best hottest setting for chucks...it will be inside a deer fence but it wouldn't hurt if it could stop them too!
Thanks again! Brand names would help too!
GrowEmBig!
Chuck

10/26/2005 10:14:10 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

For wood chucks, rabbits and coons go sideways not up with the fence. Spaced 8 to 10 inches apart about 6 inches off the ground.

10/26/2005 10:21:34 PM

Ohio

Alex,
You might already know all this so Ill add this to your post for people that might not.
Im not a expert on electric fences by far but most electric fences run on a shock pulse, it will put out a shock every other second.So if a woodchuck just happends to time it right while its going under the fence it isnt going to be shocked. My dog gets lucky and goes under mine sometimes but if she hits it the second its putting out that shock Ill hear her yelp and then watch her come running twards me like a elephant is chasing her, I know she got hit pretty good. I laugh every time she hits it.

Monty Wallace from this site has a Electric fence and every time a bird or rabbit touches it they get fried and alot of the time kill over,lol,(Instant fried rabbit with out using the stove) I think he made his unit himself and is running 220 VOlts through his,LOLOL.You will never see a animal or even a person for that matter in his patch.
ha-ha

I Dont know if they make a continious shock or if law even allows it,only because if a person(Kids) or animal touches it they might get stuck to the shock and not be able to get off the fence untill the electric is shut off. Im pretty sure this is why most fence units that i know of have the intermitent shocks being put out. I have looked for a continous shock and can not find one any where. I have even asked around if there was a chip of some sort I could take out of my unit to make it a continious shock but know one seems to know. ,,,,Continue below

11/15/2005 6:22:24 AM

Ohio

One more thing,your most important part of hooking that fence up is ground,if it calls for three ground rods Id use them cause this will insure your shock,( You can get by with one ground rod but on my fence it seems to work better with three,what the unit calls for). I make sure my ground rods are spaced about 10 feet apart and they are in a place where the ground is wet most of the time,if it isnt,you will cut back alot on your shock output.( I soak the area around my ground rods when the weather has been dry for a while)

Alex, My first single strand of wire,I run it about 4 inches off the ground and my next strand above that I space the next strand of wire about 6 inches,that way it would be sure to shock anything as small as a baby rabbit trying to come in my patch. I then space the rest approx 10-12 inches apart. I use 5 strands all together,I use a 5 mile unit on approx 1800 sq feet of area,kinda over kill but it works for me.

Brooks

11/15/2005 6:22:43 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

Thanks for the help...Found a 28 inch fence netting alternating wire, one hot one cold every three inches or so..Looks like it will work...leaves the squares opening at 3 and a half by 3...about 140 bucks for 164 linear feet.
Thanks again
Chuck

11/15/2005 8:31:49 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

Hey Brooks....Kencove.com have chargers that are advertised as non cyclic...not sure exactly what that means???

11/15/2005 9:19:20 AM