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Just wondering what the ongoing electrical bill would be to have such a fence?
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Originally Posted by Diana Holbrook
Great story! But electric fence is actually a very good way to keep bears out. The game farm up near here keeps their bears in pens with 4-foot field fence and a couple strands of electric on top.
Doesn't have to be super high voltage... just a typical farm charger would do.
There are solar powered batteries you can use for the couple strands of electric wire. It doesn't have to be high voltage if you smear it with honey or jelly.
There are solar powered batteries you can use for the couple strands of electric wire. It doesn't have to be high voltage if you smear it with honey or jelly.
The honey or jelly part is true.
You have to entice any animal ( wild or farm animal) to get a shock due to slow moving curiosity.
Otherwise they will be thru the fence at the same time as they get the shock.
My cattle had to be trained before allowing them out in a big pasture.
I hung plastic strips that were soaked in water and the calves would come up and outof curiosity touch it with their nose.
I doubt an electric fence would work w/o honey or jelly to "train" the bear.
LOL - I thought the same thing when I read his post. My step-son is a guitar player and once when he was here helping us pack up some things, he packed a box of extension cords and wrote the label just like that - "chords." I still laugh when I think about it.
Just wondering what the ongoing electrical bill would be to have such a fence?
...FWIW, the ongoing electrical bill would be very low, regardless of the voltage that fence typically operates with. These fences are low (low low low low low) current devices, and since power (in watts) = voltage x current, the wattage would be tiny. Hence the electrical bill would be tiny.
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LOL - I thought the same thing when I read his post. My step-son is a guitar player and once when he was here helping us pack up some things, he packed a box of extension cords and wrote the label just like that - "chords." I still laugh when I think about it.
Great story! But electric fence is actually a very good way to keep bears out. The game farm up near here keeps their bears in pens with 4-foot field fence and a couple strands of electric on top.
Doesn't have to be super high voltage... just a typical farm charger would do.
Yep. Electric fences can deter bears. In fact, NPS employers often recommend and supply them for field work crews to put up around their spike camps (a camp that is located in one spot for more than a couple of days). For both grizzlies and black bears. The main issue here is that you now have an "educated" bear that knows where the food is. Ramp up the power once it's installed so a curious bear gets a good strong zap, learns a lesson. You may be able to reduce the voltage after that.
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