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Shocking Bird Control - it's safe and harmless
There are three different types of bird control shock devices. All of them worked great in initial tests, yet air insulated electric barrier proved a much better value overtime than the others. Because shocking devices control birds through behavior modification this is the best way and most cost effective means of controlling birds. This is true for pigeons, vultures, seagulls, buzzards, and any other pest bird that is nesting or roosting on a preferred ledge, parapet, overhang, roofline, sign, recessed area, or other place birds want to nest or roost. Some of the shocking barriers are much better than the other ones. For example, the air insulated shockling line electric barrier or electric bird fence is by far the most efficient and longest lasting. Another option is a plastic track, strip, or strap that is combined with conductors. The final version of electric bird control devices is acrylic tape with aluminum wires glued to the top. We will start with the best, the air insulated electric bird control barrier or shocking wire line barrier.
The Air Insulated Electric Bird Barrier is by far the most efficient bird control device available because it solves the toughest bird problems with almost 100% success. Another benefit is that air insulated electric barriers uses either ceramic or polycarbonate insulators. The ceramic insulators will last a long time. The polycarbonate insulators will last up to 25 years or more in direct sunlight and up to 50 years or more in the shade. Thus when calculating the lifetime cost of any bird control device the air insulated electric barrier is best in a vast majority of situations because it is clearly proven to be the most cost-effective while getting the best results. Unfortunately, air insulated electric barrier is not a do-it-yourself product. It requires professional design and professional installation. The great news is that it does not really require any cleaning whatsoever in most environments if it is installed and designed correctly. Thus, maintenance contracts are not really necessary unless the air insulated electric bird barrier bird control device is installed in areas that have difficult and extremely costly access because then the insurance of a maintenance contract may be worth the investment. This is in contrast to electric barrier tracks, tapes, strips, and straps, which require cleaning and maintenance contracts to remain operational in most environments past five years. In addition, electric barrier tracks, tapes, strips, and straps have a life expectancy of less than 10 years in most situations. Let's talk more about shocking tracks, strips, and straps.
"These tracks are good for many situations, except that the materials will not hold up longer than 3 to 7 years for full sun and areas within 1000 feet of the coast due to sea spray corrosion. The systems are good for areas that may be cleaned easily because these tracks must be cleaned. Humidity and Pollution create an electrolyte film that conducts electricity and burns crevices and frequently ruins the track. In addition, the electrical chargers pulse over 250,000 times per year at around 1000 volts, unfortunately soft plastic stress cracks microscopically at each pulse (250,000 pulses per year) when combined with pollution and humidity." Thus, there is most likely no way for a metal conductor to fasten to a weather exposed soft plastic surface without slowly ruining it with each pulse, which means this is probably a short term product. Air Insulated electric barriers use hard plastics like polycarbonate which lasts 10 times longer when submitted to these electrical pulses. Air Insulated electric barriers are insulated 99% by the air and need no cleaning and are resistant for decades to moisture and pollution. Special sealing can make them impervious to Sea Spray and Road Salt Spray.
Shocking tracks, strips, and straps have revolutionized the do-it-yourself bird control device market. These are good solutions if you can keep them both clean, dry, out of the sun, and away from the ocean. Any of these do-it-yourself devices are easy enough for the dullest of rat trappers, bug busters, and varmint chasers to install for most very small jobs. Unfortunately many of these outfits will try to overcharge on long-term maintenance contracts that would be unnecessary with air insulated electric barrier. In addition, because most of these outfits moonlighting in the bird control business have little to no experience they are willing to sell a customer anything without really knowing what they are selling. These handymen frequently install the product incorrectly, not having the experience and knowledge to place the product correctly, make the installation last, make the installation look good, have the experience and know-how to repair the installation, and worst of all will typically try to over sale the amount of product that is necessary on a ledge or overhang by several times. For example, air insulated electric barrier can protect a ledge a few feet wide with one run, on the other hand, because birds can hop over a flat shocking track it requires more runs and many of these inexperienced installers and salespeople will try to sell you a new run every 5 to 10 inches. This is usually unnecessary and makes the installation ugly and inefficient. There will be more track to short out, more to maintain, and a much higher probability that water will be dammed up behind or on top of these very low profile tracks or strips creating a shocking water pool safety hazard! The problem with track making this safety hazard is that the electricity is exposed to the lowest puddles, while Air Insulated electric barrier does not have this shocking safety hazard water puddle problem because the electrical line is up 1.5" above the surface and any water puddles. Nevertheless, for small jobs of less than 500 feet of ledge or parapet requiring only one run, thus a small job of 500 feet or so, track products may be a decent option compared to bird gel, bird spikes, non-electrified bird control lines and bird control wires, sprays, fogs, nets, plastic owls, slanted boards, or other less efficient bird control devices. Not to mention sound machines that fail to work at all after 60 days, and yes typical warranties on sound machines are only 60 days!
Shocking tapes look really good and work well to keep some birds off of the edges of seaside docks. Unfortunately, these tapes are more of a temporary bird control product than a permanent one; however, they cost the same as a permanent bird control product solution, yet they may only last a few years and must be cleaned or they will short out. This is because it is a fact of electrical physics that aluminum wires corrode and create a nonconductive layer that must be cleaned off, otherwise the electric conduction properties will be covered by aluminum corrosion. Thus, this product is totally inappropriate for any application that is out of reach or must be accessed via ladder, lift, boom lift, or other expensive labor-intensive means. In addition, the acrylic tape allows mold to prosper underneath it because most of the base surfaces are porous. Thus, this product is completely inappropriate for any part of the country that has mold or mildew problems in partial shade. Because most building ledges have partial shade, except on direct south face, this product is not recommended and completey inefficient!
The best bird control product is air insulated electric barrier that is designed and installed by proven professionals. It will last, look, and work better than anything else in almost all situations. There are handful of companies around the country that only recommend air insulated electric barrier because the fact is it is the best product in the bird control market. It works best, lasts longest, looks virtually invisible, requires no cleaning, requires no maintenance contract, and any owner that figures out the hot wire is positioned up high and insulated from any grounding source can keep this system going for several decades. It is the best deal in bird control.
There are three different types of bird control shock devices. All of them worked great in initial tests, yet air insulated electric barrier proved a much better value overtime than the others. Because shocking devices control birds through behavior modification this is the best way and most cost effective means of controlling birds. This is true for pigeons, vultures, seagulls, buzzards, and any other pest bird that is nesting or roosting on a preferred ledge, parapet, overhang, roofline, sign, recessed area, or other place birds want to nest or roost. Some of the shocking barriers are much better than the other ones. For example, the air insulated shockling line electric barrier or electric bird fence is by far the most efficient and longest lasting. Another option is a plastic track, strip, or strap that is combined with conductors. The final version of electric bird control devices is acrylic tape with aluminum wires glued to the top. We will start with the best, the air insulated electric bird control barrier or shocking wire line barrier.
The Air Insulated Electric Bird Barrier is by far the most efficient bird control device available because it solves the toughest bird problems with almost 100% success. Another benefit is that air insulated electric barriers uses either ceramic or polycarbonate insulators. The ceramic insulators will last a long time. The polycarbonate insulators will last up to 25 years or more in direct sunlight and up to 50 years or more in the shade. Thus when calculating the lifetime cost of any bird control device the air insulated electric barrier is best in a vast majority of situations because it is clearly proven to be the most cost-effective while getting the best results. Unfortunately, air insulated electric barrier is not a do-it-yourself product. It requires professional design and professional installation. The great news is that it does not really require any cleaning whatsoever in most environments if it is installed and designed correctly. Thus, maintenance contracts are not really necessary unless the air insulated electric bird barrier bird control device is installed in areas that have difficult and extremely costly access because then the insurance of a maintenance contract may be worth the investment. This is in contrast to electric barrier tracks, tapes, strips, and straps, which require cleaning and maintenance contracts to remain operational in most environments past five years. In addition, electric barrier tracks, tapes, strips, and straps have a life expectancy of less than 10 years in most situations. Let's talk more about shocking tracks, strips, and straps.
"These tracks are good for many situations, except that the materials will not hold up longer than 3 to 7 years for full sun and areas within 1000 feet of the coast due to sea spray corrosion. The systems are good for areas that may be cleaned easily because these tracks must be cleaned. Humidity and Pollution create an electrolyte film that conducts electricity and burns crevices and frequently ruins the track. In addition, the electrical chargers pulse over 250,000 times per year at around 1000 volts, unfortunately soft plastic stress cracks microscopically at each pulse (250,000 pulses per year) when combined with pollution and humidity." Thus, there is most likely no way for a metal conductor to fasten to a weather exposed soft plastic surface without slowly ruining it with each pulse, which means this is probably a short term product. Air Insulated electric barriers use hard plastics like polycarbonate which lasts 10 times longer when submitted to these electrical pulses. Air Insulated electric barriers are insulated 99% by the air and need no cleaning and are resistant for decades to moisture and pollution. Special sealing can make them impervious to Sea Spray and Road Salt Spray.
Shocking tracks, strips, and straps have revolutionized the do-it-yourself bird control device market. These are good solutions if you can keep them both clean, dry, out of the sun, and away from the ocean. Any of these do-it-yourself devices are easy enough for the dullest of rat trappers, bug busters, and varmint chasers to install for most very small jobs. Unfortunately many of these outfits will try to overcharge on long-term maintenance contracts that would be unnecessary with air insulated electric barrier. In addition, because most of these outfits moonlighting in the bird control business have little to no experience they are willing to sell a customer anything without really knowing what they are selling. These handymen frequently install the product incorrectly, not having the experience and knowledge to place the product correctly, make the installation last, make the installation look good, have the experience and know-how to repair the installation, and worst of all will typically try to over sale the amount of product that is necessary on a ledge or overhang by several times. For example, air insulated electric barrier can protect a ledge a few feet wide with one run, on the other hand, because birds can hop over a flat shocking track it requires more runs and many of these inexperienced installers and salespeople will try to sell you a new run every 5 to 10 inches. This is usually unnecessary and makes the installation ugly and inefficient. There will be more track to short out, more to maintain, and a much higher probability that water will be dammed up behind or on top of these very low profile tracks or strips creating a shocking water pool safety hazard! The problem with track making this safety hazard is that the electricity is exposed to the lowest puddles, while Air Insulated electric barrier does not have this shocking safety hazard water puddle problem because the electrical line is up 1.5" above the surface and any water puddles. Nevertheless, for small jobs of less than 500 feet of ledge or parapet requiring only one run, thus a small job of 500 feet or so, track products may be a decent option compared to bird gel, bird spikes, non-electrified bird control lines and bird control wires, sprays, fogs, nets, plastic owls, slanted boards, or other less efficient bird control devices. Not to mention sound machines that fail to work at all after 60 days, and yes typical warranties on sound machines are only 60 days!
Shocking tapes look really good and work well to keep some birds off of the edges of seaside docks. Unfortunately, these tapes are more of a temporary bird control product than a permanent one; however, they cost the same as a permanent bird control product solution, yet they may only last a few years and must be cleaned or they will short out. This is because it is a fact of electrical physics that aluminum wires corrode and create a nonconductive layer that must be cleaned off, otherwise the electric conduction properties will be covered by aluminum corrosion. Thus, this product is totally inappropriate for any application that is out of reach or must be accessed via ladder, lift, boom lift, or other expensive labor-intensive means. In addition, the acrylic tape allows mold to prosper underneath it because most of the base surfaces are porous. Thus, this product is completely inappropriate for any part of the country that has mold or mildew problems in partial shade. Because most building ledges have partial shade, except on direct south face, this product is not recommended and completey inefficient!
The best bird control product is air insulated electric barrier that is designed and installed by proven professionals. It will last, look, and work better than anything else in almost all situations. There are handful of companies around the country that only recommend air insulated electric barrier because the fact is it is the best product in the bird control market. It works best, lasts longest, looks virtually invisible, requires no cleaning, requires no maintenance contract, and any owner that figures out the hot wire is positioned up high and insulated from any grounding source can keep this system going for several decades. It is the best deal in bird control.
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