Author: Mike Ohlhausen
Date: 08-29-16 16:33
They don't seem affected by the electric, I don't think they get a good ground. None of the birds seem to get zapped. It works great on the cows and the predators, (and me!) but the birds step right onto the bottom part of the net (including the first couple 'hot' wires) and, I can hear it popping to the earth, but they don't appear affected. I mowed the fenceline down short as I could also, before putting it up. I don't have a tester that shows how much current, but the battery is full charged and the 20 amp solar seems to be working very well as far as keeping the batter hot. It's hot enough to give me cramps, lol. The light on the charger goes to the top if that means anything.. I'll have to get a tester to know for sure... but I don't know how much hotter I could get it, unless adding additional batteries would help... I'm nearly a quarter mile from power which is why I got the 20 amp solar cell and AC/DC charger. It is a Speedrite, (can't remember the number). I'm running 2 sections of 164 feet PoultryNet Plus. My first fear was that they were getting zapped, and panicked and got tangled, so I turned it off, but they did the same thing. From what I can see so far, this is a bad setup for young turkeys. The breeders don't do this, and the little poults just step through the holes, which you do warn about. Just the half grown ones, Stupid turkeys... Thanks for listening..
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