squirrel zapper

I agree with Tom - try and figure out a more inventive and less harmful solution (remember squirrels are very smart!). Even Idi Amin liked animals. In an interview with Sir David Frost many years ago he was asked whether he was happy. His answer was: "I hef luf foh de animilce and de animilce hef luf foh me - I'm a heppy man!"

fred

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Hi,

Can anyone help me with making a device that will allow me to shock squirrels on my birdfeeder. Nothing lethel, just a little jolt that would keep them away. I found these instructions for making a toy shocker, but can't figure out the wiring. Can anyone help me with this?

Shocker Instructions

These instructions will show you how to build a 9V-powered shocker; the parts I specify will generate a quick, minor, non-painful burst, but it could be adapted easily to increase the power of the "zap".

Parts needed:

1 9V battery 1 10K resistor 1 transformer (Radio Shack #273-1380) 1 relay (Radio Shack #275-241) 1 22F capacitor (Radio Shack #272-1026) 1 momentary switch (suggestion: Radio Shack #275-1571) 1 9V battery connector (Radio Shack #270-325)

Plus a soldering iron, a few bits of wire as needed, and a box to put it in

Total cost, without the soldering iron: about $10.

Here is the circuit itself; sorry that the ASCII representation is so painful to look at (using high ASCII chars it's a lot more readable):

N.O. N.C. [=========]

+-----------[-- --]-----------+ | [ / ] | +-----------[-@@@@@@@-]------+ | (contacts) (batt) | [ / ] | | +-----------------------o

----------- + [ | ] | | | +--VVVVVV---o

----- - [=========] | | | | (resistor) | | (relay) | | | | | --- | | | | | | v --- (cap) | | +-@@@@@@@@@-+ | --- | | | ========= (transformer)

+---- -----------(-----------+ +--------@@@@@---+ | (switch) | | +----------------+---------------------------------+

Can anyone interpret this for me? I want to rig up a device with a button inside the house that we can push when we see squirrels on the feeder to send a little jolt into them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Andrew

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One question...why do you want to do this? Squirrels and birds co-exist in nature, sharing some food choices. Why do you want to artificially alter this?

We go for nature walks most weekends, and we see many squirrels and birds, and we put out food for them. I just question why you have a hate on for the squirrels. Are they not a beautiful part of nature just like birds?

Tom

Not to start an off topic flame war but those who feed wild animals are not helping them at all.

Well shyuks ... them squarrels go and eat up all the feed corn we been puttin out fer them purty flyin things ...

Try here.

They have everything from poison and kill traps to fox urine to keep em away along with lots of hints on squirrel proffing things.

Those nasty little th>

they are tree rats dumb ass. Barely woth the time and effort to kill and EAT. But much smarter than you.

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Well, Tom...when the Department of Wildlife puts up a sign saying I shouldn't feed them, I'll discontinue the practice, but until then, the family and I will continue to enjoy ourselves in this way.

How does your statement (which I disagree with) relate to bird feeders?

Tom

Your intelligence is only matched by your eloquence and spelling ability.

I just hope I don't get burned by "Tom's Law" here. :-)

Tom

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Hi Tom, I will not pursue this discussion here. You will do what you will. Wild means "wild". Visit any "wildlife preserve" and you will learn. My statements do not relate to bird feeders at all. I am off topic. I respect you as a contributor to SEB, I will not discuss this issue here. Very best regards, Tom

Thanks Tom, Keep up the good work helping beginning electronics students. Please remember, everything we do effects the world, good, bad who knows. How much? Who knows? Regards, Tom

Just wanted to let you know, before I discontinue as well, that I have done a little digging, and there is merit in your argument, some say depending on circumstances, but there is merit there. I will be continuing to investigate, with the thoughts that I may at least alter some aspects of my hobby. Take care. :-)

Tom

Tom

what the f*ck do you have against the squirrels ??? They have just as much right to that bird feeder as the birds do....

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No, they don\'t.  It\'s a bird feeder, not a squirrel feeder.  If the
fucking squirrels knew their place they\'d be lining up at the squirrel

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Yeah, dammit, and on french and germans as well.

i say a little plasma discharge rings on the poles should wake them up a bit.

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Real Programmers Do things like this.
http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5

--Go to a Yardbirds store; go to the rat trap and rhodent abatement section in the garden department. Victor makes a widget called a "rat zapper" or something like that; sells for about $50.-. Runs on batteries, works great for rats, so oughtta work for squirrels, too, as they're about the same size and ought to fit into the trap.

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        "Steamboat Ed" Haas         :  Just another fart in  
        Hacking the Trailing Edge!  :  the Elevator of Life...

*NOT*. PBS presented a great documentary about 10 years ago showing an obstacle course made up of all then known squirrel foils - including the collar you mention. After about three trial runs the tenacious little f****rs ran circles around it.

Bob