Wire hookup

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Rocky Top
Posts: 22
Joined: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:21 am
Location: Godley Texas

Can someone post pictures showing how they hooked the charger wire to the metal pole.
5th year one pair
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Peter Alberda
Posts: 175
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:09 pm
Location: Michigan, Zeeland
Martin Colony History: Started with Amish copy of Trendsetter 12 room house, added Trio Grandpa with expanded rooms, and North Star 8. Taking Trendsetter down this spring and adding gourd rack.

Check this out. You hook the wire from your fencer to the screen. The animal will be grounded at the pole or from standing on the ground, completing the circuit. I got this off the "archives" tab located at the top of the forum page. Pete

http://www.purplemartin.org/forum/download.php?id=9455
2020 - A pair of SY birds with three nice chicks. Lots of visitors all year long.
2015-2019 - A few lookers.
2014 - ASY male and SY female fledged four chicks.
2013 - Several visitors but none stayed to nest.
2012 - Lots of visitors all season long. We had a pair of sys but no chicks survived.
2011 - New location - A few visitors
2010 - First year – Poor house location.
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~Ray~Gingerich
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Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:24 pm
Location: Delaware/Dover

Here's how I do some of mine, anything going up the pole would at some point make contact with the wire. The pole is the grounding source.
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~Ray~ Gingerich
1999 1pair, 2006 2 pair, 2008 2 pair,
2009 23 pair, 2010 39 pair, 2011 67 pair,
2012 115 pair, 2013 160 pair,
2014 152 pair, 2015 174 pair, 2016 178 pair
2017 187 pair, 2018 200 pair, 2019 171pair
2020 233 pair
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