mad.hen1 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 HI Does anyone know whether the green netting availaible in the shop can be electrified? It looks just like my friends electric neting, without the electricity! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 yes it can be. There is wire woven into the plastic netting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 You just have to buy the energizer thingy and a battery. Definitely worth thinking about as people here with it say it's the only sure way of keeping Mr F at bay - that or a WIR. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Hi Mad.hen1 Just thought you might find this thread of interest if you are thinking of electrifying your netting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad.hen1 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 thank you gamebird. I have another question. (I am totally new to this electrifying idea so need to start from first principles.) if i get a car battery, how do I then attach it to the fence? Also, does then fence need to be completely supported by the poles? In places it is nailed to wooden fence posts so presumably that would short it out? Thanks again. I HATE FOXES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieNLucys Mum Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 You will need an energiser which is the machine that converts the curent and pulses it to the fence this needs to be connected to either a battery or the mains. For foxes the mains is best as there is never any risk of the fence not being on. If the fence earths then you loose some of the power. You can buy all kinds of insulators to enable off setting from posts and walls, the net can not be fixed directly.The energisers come supplied with connectors so all you need is a battery an earth pole and a net. You will need special poles to support it the nets come with a few(not enough) we have made up the short fall with some of our horse poles. Although I have had electric fencing for my horses i was new to chicken fencing and got a poultry net earlier this year. For my horses i have always used a battery energiser + (leisure battery like in caravans) then tape. For the chickens as we are in the country I could not risk a battery set up incase it went flat. I got a mains/battery energiser a gemini it worked fine in the summer but as soon as it got damp was unreliable as every bit of grass was shorting it out. I should think if you dont mind weed killing or putting plastic down it would be ok but even then if the fence sags even slightly and the rain has pooled on the plastic it will not be reliable. I have a tester that i use to chesk the fence and found the current was not sufficient when it was wet it was ok in places but not others. It used to drive me mad having to constantly be hitching up the fence and moving any bit of grass that had grown in the way. I could tell where it was earthing as it ticks! I solved the problem by setting up a really powerfull electric shepherd that now controls the horses and the chook netting. Its great even though it does short it still has masses of power, goes off the scale on the tester. If this doesn't keep Mr fox out nothing will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
