If you need assistance, please send an email to forum at 4hv dot org. To ensure your email is not marked as spam, please include the phrase "4hv help" in the subject line. You can also find assistance via IRC, at irc.shadowworld.net, room #hvcomm.
Support 4hv.org!
Donate:
4hv.org is hosted on a dedicated server. Unfortunately, this server costs and we rely on the help of site members to keep 4hv.org running. Please consider donating. We will place your name on the thanks list and you'll be helping to keep 4hv.org alive and free for everyone. Members whose names appear in red bold have donated recently. Green bold denotes those who have recently donated to keep the server carbon neutral.
Special Thanks To:
Aaron Holmes
Aaron Wheeler
Adam Horden
Alan Scrimgeour
Andre
Andrew Haynes
Anonymous000
asabase
Austin Weil
barney
Barry
Bert Hickman
Bill Kukowski
Blitzorn
Brandon Paradelas
Bruce Bowling
BubeeMike
Byong Park
Cesiumsponge
Chris F.
Chris Hooper
Corey Worthington
Derek Woodroffe
Dalus
Dan Strother
Daniel Davis
Daniel Uhrenholt
datasheetarchive
Dave Billington
Dave Marshall
David F.
Dennis Rogers
drelectrix
Dr. John Gudenas
Dr. Spark
E.TexasTesla
eastvoltresearch
Eirik Taylor
Erik Dyakov
Erlend^SE
Finn Hammer
Firebug24k
GalliumMan
Gary Peterson
George Slade
GhostNull
Gordon Mcknight
Graham Armitage
Grant
GreySoul
Henry H
IamSmooth
In memory of Leo Powning
Jacob Cash
James Howells
James Pawson
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Thomas
Jesse Frost
Jim Mitchell
jlr134
Joe Mastroianni
John Forcina
John Oberg
John Willcutt
Jon Newcomb
klugesmith
Leslie Wright
Lutz Hoffman
Mads Barnkob
Martin King
Mats Karlsson
Matt Gibson
Matthew Guidry
mbd
Michael D'Angelo
Mikkel
mileswaldron
mister_rf
Neil Foster
Nick de Smith
Nick Soroka
nicklenorp
Nik
Norman Stanley
Patrick Coleman
Paul Brodie
Paul Jordan
Paul Montgomery
Ped
Peter Krogen
Peter Terren
PhilGood
Richard Feldman
Robert Bush
Royce Bailey
Scott Fusare
Scott Newman
smiffy
Stella
Steven Busic
Steve Conner
Steve Jones
Steve Ward
Sulaiman
Thomas Coyle
Thomas A. Wallace
Thomas W
Timo
Torch
Ulf Jonsson
vasil
Vaxian
vladi mazzilli
wastehl
Weston
William Kim
William N.
William Stehl
Wesley Venis
The aforementioned have contributed financially to the continuing triumph of 4hv.org. They are deserving of my most heartfelt thanks.
Registered Member #177
Joined: Wed Feb 15 2006, 02:16PM
Location: Munich, Germany
Posts: 214
The only passive (and therefore realy impressive) solution I have seen is actually very simple:
The birdfeeder is hanging in the air supported by a stick. On this stick there are lots of plastik "donuts" with ball bearings, so they will spin if the squirrel tries to go that way. They tend to give up after 30 minutes, and none have ever reached the feeder.
Registered Member #15
Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 01:11PM
Location:
Posts: 3068
Please realize that by just energizing the cage to some voltage, you are not going to do anything to the squirrel, especially if the cage is hanging in the air.
You need to provide a return path for the voltage and this is much easier said than done.
Registered Member #101
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 08:12PM
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 41
did u look at the latest pics? there's an aluminum ring aound the green basin, that is the return path. yeah the squirrels sit on the ring and it doesn't do anything (or hang on the cage) but once they touch the other side, they feel it and run. the birds aren't affected because they cant touch both at the same time
Registered Member #119
Joined: Fri Feb 10 2006, 06:26AM
Location: USA
Posts: 114
We had a problem with a squirrel chewing on a pot at our house. I decided to put hot sauce on it and he got the message real quick. I don't know how birds like hot sauce, but maybe you could put something that only the squirrel can get to/would want and spike it? Otherwise, I'd go with the pressure sensitive alarm. We have some bug zappers around our house and I happen to know what happens to small things around electricty(even if this is less, still).
Registered Member #27
Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 02:20AM
Location: Hyperborea
Posts: 2058
If I am not mistaken birds eat hot chilis without problems. Seems like a clever idea by the chili to ensure it is not eaten by some lazy land animal that will deposit the seeds at the root of the plant they came from.
Registered Member #101
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 08:12PM
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 41
hot sauce? tried it, the hottest you can find, worked at first but they must have gotten ammune to it. we must have some super-squirrels over here or something!
This site is powered by e107, which is released under the GNU GPL License. All work on this site, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License. By submitting any information to this site, you agree that anything submitted will be so licensed. Please read our Disclaimer and Policies page for information on your rights and responsibilities regarding this site.
Squirrel Repeller
