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by Kate Gentles
You can make a gate or ‘door’ in the Base Camp model. You’ll need to use 2 posts for the door and string the polywire in a zig zag pattern. An Exp...
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by Cynthia Gentles
A Bear Sentry is an example of a simple electrical circuit. The polywire is connected to the positive ( + ) terminal of the energizer; all the lin...
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by Cynthia Gentles
Let’s start with the Basics
When an animal touches the hot wire of an electrified fence, it closes what was until then an open circuit. Electrical...
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by Cynthia Gentles
Simply buy Expansion Packs for the Base Camp model.
This is possible because Bear Sentries are modular: Backcountry and Base Camp models share the...
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by Cynthia Gentles
While the shock is extremely painful, it lasts but for a split second in the form of a pulse (see “What’s that clicking sound?”).
So the bear won’...
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by Cynthia Gentles
First, use a lighter to fuse the plastic insulation at the end of the polywire (apply heat for only a second or you risk melting away the plastic u...
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by Cynthia Gentles
The Bear Sentry pole spikes (patent pending) make our electric fences easy to set up in hard ground. Every other system on the market requires yo...
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by Cynthia Gentles
The Bear Sentry energizer is rated at 1.8 Joules stored energy, and 1.0 Joules output energy.
Output energy is the energy of the shock actually del...
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by Cynthia Gentles
We've tested units in seriously wet conditions over multiple days. They work without issue, although we do recommend keeping the energizer and bat...
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