[TheForge] Price of Copper

[Ben Barrett]

Woot... back on my folks' farm, they use high-tensile fencing and have
a powerful fencer... one day when I was maybe 13 I remember having a
walk around the fields with my Pop and we found a fried deer which had
gotten its hind legs stuck under the top strand, while the rest of it
had made the jump over the fence.... glad I wasn't there through its
struggle, but it was blackened to a crisp.... not sure how many
watt-hours went into it, but it was... well done, so to speak.

The squirrel thing:  a friend of my folks told us once about how he
kept squirrels out of his bird-feeders.... he tried everything to make
the feeders inaccessible, and in the end made a wire ladder/framework
around the feeders, hooked up to a 110v wall switch by the window, so
he'd just flick it when a squirrel was there... varmints make for good
entertainment, whether you feed them or.... otherwise.

ben


On 4/25/07, Jerry Smith <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com> wrote:
> Ben,
>
> I have seen the cinder that used to a squerrel at a
> substation.
>
> And it just so happens I live near a 500K power
> corridor. :)
>
> Jerry
>
> --- Ben Barrett <stircrazyben at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey, that works for squirrels, too!!  :)
> >
> > ben
> >
> >
> > On 4/25/07, Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Well, the answer is REAL simple, then.  Use the
> > power line protection system.  Those bozos fry
> > themselve on powerlines they try to steel.  Just
> > apply some high voltage to your sculptures and
> > they'll never be stolen!!
> > > Bruce
> > > NJ
> > ...
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