Mozi posted:

I think I've finally figured out how to keep the squirrels out of my garden...

Neutrino posted:

Mozi posted:

I think I've finally figured out how to keep the squirrels out of my garden...

Volcott posted:

Yeah, it's called .22LR Subsonic.

drzrma posted:

Apparently someone my Dad worked with got tired of the deer munching on his vegetable garden and just shooting them wasn't an option for some reason. His solution was to throw a steel plate out under whatever the deer liked best and hook it up to his arc welder with the amperage cranked all the way up, then sit on his porch with a big knife switch drinking beer. Deer were harmed, veggies stayed safe, and venison is delicious. Not entirely OSHA, quite possibly bullshit, but I can't say I haven't been tempted to see if it works because doing fences that will actually keep deer out is expensive and a real pain in the rear end. Would also cut down on the number of car/deer interactions, which would be a positive for everyone since they're dumber than rocks and if they don't manage to get you by jumping out in front of your car they'll settle for just headbutting the side of it.

Neutrino posted:

I'm guessing this is what OSHA inspectors watch on their day off?

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

... my neighbor is the Police Chief. They work really well on groundhogs at about 50 feet.


15kv/30ma Neon Sign transformer works really well without killing them. It does shock the everliving gently caress out of them though. Once or twice, and they don't come back. I've seen it in action.

Volcott posted:

Just ask him if it's cool if you snipe woodland creatures. Cops are known for being super chill.

Volcott posted:

Just ask him if it's cool if you snipe woodland creatures. Cops are known for being super chill.

Three-Phase posted:

Go whole hog and build a stun-lethal fence system like they have at maximum-security prisons and military installations. First touch you get knocked on your rear end, touch it again and you get no pulsing or current-limiting.

Neutrino posted:

I'm sure Three-Phase can help me wire this up but I have an electric cow fence transformer that I would like to use for squirrel control. Obviously it is designed so that the cow with its feet firmly planted in the ground will complete the circuit but how can I set it up to shock/melt a squirrel running along a wooden fence?

Three-Phase posted:

Go whole hog and build a stun-lethal fence system like they have at maximum-security prisons and military installations. First touch you get knocked on your rear end, touch it again and you get no pulsing or current-limiting.

Doctor Bombadil posted:

OSHA.jpg from a coworker:


Sorry for the crappy pic, had to take it fast before he killed himself finished testing the spotlight.

Neutrino posted:

I'm sure Three-Phase can help me wire this up but I have an electric cow fence transformer that I would like to use for squirrel control. Obviously it is designed so that the cow with its feet firmly planted in the ground will complete the circuit but how can I set it up to shock/melt a squirrel running along a wooden fence?

Jet Jaguar posted:

My grandfather saw early bug zappers and built his own out of two circles of wire mesh. The bugs touched both bits of mesh at once and were incinerated, because he basically used regular 110 current and we were all told not to touch it under any circumstances. drat, now I wonder what happened to that thing, it was magnificent.

Three-Phase posted:

One ANSI squirrel diameter

Three-Phase posted:

One ANSI squirrel diameter

Volcott posted:

Yeah, it's called .22LR.

AceRimmer posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrkxvSbUYvg

tactlessbastard posted:

The best in-town squirrel defense is a .22 pellet rifle.

Bacon Taco posted:

My father in law had a "worm finder" he built out of a broomstick and an old electric cord. It was a cord he had cut about 15 feet from the plug, and connected each wire to a spike at the far end of the broomstick. Plug it in, stick the spikes in the ground, and watch worms come out of the ground - perfect for fishing. Just don't touch the end of that worm finder or let any of the 5 year old grandchildren find it and try to use it.

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

my .144 was still enough to knock 'em dead right out of a tree if you hit them in the right spot.
.22 pellets own though.

quote:

June 10, 1993
RECALL IS ORDERED FOR WORM PROBES

By PETER APPLEBOME,
ATLANTA, June 9— The Federal Government has announced the recall of an electronic device used by fishermen to shock worms to bring them to the surface of the ground for use as bait, saying similar devices had caused the deaths of more than 30 people since 1973.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission formally ordered the recall on June 1 of about 83,000 of the devices, which run an electric current through the ground and send out vibrations that shock worms. [Ed. Note- lol what???]

The agency said the worm probes, which are sold commercially and often made at home, can electrocute users who touch exposed metal or stand on wet soil while using them. Most of the deaths reported were those of children, the agency said.

No details were available on the individual victims or the circumstances of their deaths.

No deaths had been attributed to the specific products being recalled, the WG6-S and WG8-L Worm Getter probes, made by the now-defunct Handy Marketing Company of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Still, the fact that such devices were still being made and widely distributed after warnings and recalls that dated to 1976 had raised troubling questions about the ability of the safety commission to protect the public from dangerous products.

The recalled probes, which were widely distributed by retailers including the Kmart Corporation and Bass Pro Shops, used household electricity. Typically, they had a single energized metal rod that could be inserted into the soil and connected to an electrical outlet with extension cords.

Five of the retailers named in the recall, mainly sport and fishing gear companies, sold the devices mostly through catalogues. A sixth, Kmart, sold them in its stores. All have said they had stopped selling the probes and would refund customers' money. Political Pressure on Agency

Despite the humble intent and modest prices of the devices -- about $11 to $28 each -- worm probes have a long regulatory history. In June 1976, Terann Industries of Tustin, Calif., agreed to stop selling its Baitcatcher electric worm probes and recalled all 6,000 of those sold after the product safety commission said the devices were unsafe.

In 1988, the agency had tried to halt the sale of Worm Gett'rs, a probe made by P&M Enterprises of Caldwell, Idaho. Senators Steve Symms and James McClure, both Idaho Republicans, said the company was unfairly targeted and blocked Congressional financing of the agency until an administrative law judge upheld the agency's finding that the product was dangerous.

By then the company was bankrupt, and no recall could be ordered, but the agency issued an order banning the sale of the products and advising people not to use them.

Ken Giles, a spokesman for the product safety commission, said the agency had consistently tried to stop the sale of worm probes, but had never set standards for their use.

He said setting a standard for a product was a complicated legal process used selectively by the agency.

"We try to cover the products with the most deaths and injuries," he said. "A product with 30 deaths since 1973 is a concern, but it's not at the top of the list." A $3.7 Billion Business

He said that it might be possible to make a safe worm probe, if for instance it was built with a device that would shut down the current if necessary, but that the agency had never seen any built with such a feature.

The probes are a tiny part of the recent growth in fishing gear, paraphernalia like high-tech lures that have made recreational fishing equipment, not including boats, a $3.7 billion business that serves 62 million Americans. Still, the probes are relatively rare.

"There are so many retail outlets selling worms for $1.79 or $1.99 a can, people don't usually dig their own," said Greg Hammond, the owner of Anglers Pro Shop in Mauldin, S.C.

Officials said they hoped the publicity surrounding the recall would curtail use of the probes. Many retailers said they had chosen not to stock them.

"A lot of places kind of frown on them," said Eunice Evers of Paul's Bait and Tackle in St. Louis. "We don't carry them. They just don't look safe."

Slanderer posted:

I had never heard of a "worm finder", but the first page of google results has this:

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/10/us/recall-is-ordered-for-worm-probes.html

Three-Phase posted:

I would probably not troubleshoot this panel the way he's doing it. (Live 240V)

http://youtu.be/OqaIVSkTFEM

BONUS VIDEO:
http://youtu.be/cgQ8CPkx9bM
"The fire's happening again!"

Guyver posted:

He's lowering the hammer. You have to pull the trigger on most guns to do it. It slipped and fired the round under it.