Topband: Materials for Beverages?

[Lee STRAHAN]

Drew,
   A simple search for "humming bird deaths due to colored fence insulators" brought hundreds of hits including university studies.
All of these reference this in electric fence use however in my mind it is certainly possible a Beverage could have considerable voltage on it due to a close transmitting antenna.
   My choice is an abundance of caution. 
   Home depot lists a plethora of types of "Black electric fence insulators" among many other listings including the Zareba name in the original post.
 Lee  K7TJR   OR



Subject: Topband: Materials for Beverages?

Gene,

I have used those and others in that series with only fair results.  They do break more often than I'd like.  I replace about 10% of them per year, which is acceptable given that they are cheap. But I have not found anything better.

FYI - I'd be happy to use black ones, but have never seen them.  My local farm store carries the exact same bright yellow ones you listed.  A link to a "preferred type" would be welcome.  I'm a bit of a birder and have not heard of any hummingbird death issues.  References?

73,
Drew K3PA

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