yeah Pat i belive your right! it sure was neighborley of her to stack that wood for me! we sure could use it when were at the camp LOL not to mention the laddler and a few sheets of tin,.were gonna start the fence, gonna start out w a stand of high tencile wire . just to mark the line, she told me before my fence would be cut! i told her i was all about community service! got 62 acers need fenced, talked to some ppl about securiy cams. might not be a bad idea,
Suggest a few dummy cams mixed in to add to chaos.
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Rose, You could wire an audio "wire cutting alarm" to that first wire.
Anyone around there with just a small bit of electronic savvy could help you git 'er done. You can do it battery operated or plug in the wall. If you go "plug in the wall" then you'll need a transformer to reduce the voltage to safe levels so as to not be accused of attempted murder.
Basically what you do is connect the fence wire as part of a complete circuit that includes either the battery or transformer low voltage secondary windings amd a relay coil. The relay is selected to match the power you supply (transformer secondary or battery.) In use the relay is continuously energized. If someone cuts the wire the relay "drops out." An alarm annunciator (junk yard car horn or whatever) is wired to the de-energized relay contacts so when the relay loses power (fence wire is cut) the horn blows.
There are many many ways to do similar things but this is pretty cheap and effective.
If there is a sudden shortage of electronic savvy in your area when you try to enlist some help, just let us know and I can sketch out the schematic drawing and post it. TRUST ME, anyone with 6th grade reading ability and knows enough to pick up something when told can do this from a sketch.
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