Re: diy squirrel shocker

[Noel Versten <Home.Systems@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, June 15, 2015 at 11:09:55 AM UTC-5, Noel Versten wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 8:38:01 PM UTC-5, jaepa wrote:
> > How do I build a squirrel shocker for my bird feeders?
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> Couldn't you hand the feeder from a PAIR of cables, one ground, one hot, close enough together that squirrel would contact both to climb down, but kept seperate from eachother with non-conductive spacers?
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> Or, make a pole that is an insulator sandwiched between two conductors.  I can envision a copper pipe, split lengthwise.  Attach each half to a "core" of wood or PVC sized so that the copper pieces wrap snugly but without touching...
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*Hang* not hand.  (where is the "edit post" button?)