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09/02/10, 06:52 AM
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Anyone build your own electric fence?
Ok, so not really the fence, but the electrical part to shock the fire out of anything that touches it. I've looked at the ones at Tractor supply, but just can't bring myself to pay over $100 for about 250 feet of fence. It is going to be for my garden as the coons, armadillos, and possums are getting all of the veggies, my citrus, and my chickens.
Thanks in advance, Ray
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09/02/10, 07:17 AM
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Go ahead and spend the money.
Get an electric net fence and a mid-level charger.
http://www.kencove.com/fence/Electri...g_products.php
Don't expect the armadillos to notice! 
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09/02/10, 07:20 AM
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Look for a good used one on Craigslist or at the flea market etc. I have bought several for under $20, just make sure they work before you buy it.
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Originally Posted by rwinsouthla
Ok, so not really the fence, but the electrical part to shock the fire out of anything that touches it. I've looked at the ones at Tractor supply, but just can't bring myself to pay over $100 for about 250 feet of fence. It is going to be for my garden as the coons, armadillos, and possums are getting all of the veggies, my citrus, and my chickens.
Thanks in advance, Ray
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09/02/10, 07:34 AM
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Here's one for $59.95 that would work just fine for your application; it's from Valley Vet:
http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.h...2-00b0d0204ae5
You would have to put it indoors (in a shed or barn or your house, whatever is closest to the area you're fencing in)
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09/02/10, 08:16 AM
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A side note about electric fences. A friend of mine was spraying weeds with some sort of diesel chemical next to the fences, it happened to hit the fence and it all came back on him, he got burned very severely. Moral of the story, don't spray anything on them.
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09/02/10, 08:33 AM
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Sounds like you have a choice: have armadillos, coons, possums and no vegies, citrus & chickens OR spend 100+ bucks to have a vegies, citrus and chickens garden that produces year after year and your costs are ultimately 0 for the fence.
Most of us around here know that's an initial cost of having vegies, chickens, trees of any kind & other things, but fencing pays for itself over time.
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09/02/10, 08:47 AM
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Don't try to rig up something yourself and attach it to regular electricity....too many folks have done that with fatal results....
We put our charger in a plastic tool box that is nailed to a wooden fence post and that as served us well for about four years....sons cut the appropriate and needed holes out of it....
You can get good chargers for a lot less than what you said and wire is about $15 for a huge huge roll. good luck!
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09/02/10, 12:56 PM
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The ones at Tractor Supply are worth every penny.
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09/02/10, 01:11 PM
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Buy the charger, they are safe.
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09/02/10, 08:01 PM
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Don't buy the cheapest one, I did and ended up buying a better one soon after. The cheap one was more expensive in the long run.
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09/02/10, 08:42 PM
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mother earth new had plans for one a decade or two ago.....lots of fun to do....not the way to go though....like others have said,,,,look for a good used one.....
i was in a jD dealership a few years ago and struck up a conversation with a fellow that was retiring from cattle farming (its farming around here not ranching) he gave me four of the galligar (sp) chargers, two of which needed fuses to make work....those chargers cost around$400 new....nice fellow to say the least....
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