Electric Pest Deterrent Tracks and Systems
Electrical deterrent systems are presented. A deterrent system can include electrical deterrent tracks comprising an insulator base and a conducting strip affixed to a top surface of the track. The bases can include one or more base connectors that allow tracks to be joined together in various configurations including area covering arrays. The conducting strips can be woven, non-woven, meshes, or other types of conductors.
1 . A pest deterrent system, the system comprising:
a plurality of tracks, each track comprising an elongated insulator base and a conducting strip affixed along a top surface of the base, and where the base has at least a first base connector capable of coupling the base to another base of another track;
wherein at least a first track and a second track are arranged adjacent to each other on an installation surface; and
a power coupling assembly electrically coupled to at least the conducting strips of the first and second tracks and configured to provide a voltage different difference between the conducting strips.
2 . The system of claim 1 , where the tracks are fungible.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein each base has a second base connector to which the first base connector couples.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first base connector of each track comprises mechanical base connector.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first base connector of each track comprises a continuous base connector running along a side of the base of each track.
6 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a spacer configured to couple to the bases of the first and the second track and to provide a separation between the bases.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the spacer comprises an elongated base and couples along the bases of the first and the second track.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the insulator base comprises an extruded flexible polymer.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the insulator base comprises an adhesive.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the insulator base comprises drainage notches across a width of the base of a track and disposed on an underside of the base opposite to the top side of the base.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the insulator base of a track comprises a channel disposed on an underside of the base opposite to the top side of the base and running along a length of the base.
12 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a rigid form configured to couple to the insulator base of a track and to hold the track firm in a shape defined by the rigid form.
13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conductor strip comprises a woven conductor.
14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conductor strip comprises non-woven mesh conductor.
15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second track are arranged substantially parallel to each other on the installation surface.
16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second track over lap.
17 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a conductor connector configured to couple the conductor strip of the first track to another conducting strip of a third track different from the first and second track.
18 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tracks are arranged in an area covering array comprising at least one additional track beyond the first and second tracks.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the area covering array comprises a cross-hatch pattern.
20 . An electrical deterrent track, comprising:
an elongated insulator base having a first base connector configured to couple with a second base connector of a second insulator base; and
a conducting strip affixed to a top surface of the elongated base.
21 . The track of claim 20 , wherein the conducting strip is the only conducting strip disposed on the top surface of the base.
22 . The track of claim 20 , wherein the conducting comprises a continuous base connector.
23 . The track of claim 20 , wherein the base comprises the second base connector to which the first base connector can couple.
24 . The track of claim 20 , wherein the conducting strip comprises a non-woven conductor.
25 . The track of claim 24 , wherein the conducting strip comprises a non-woven mesh conductor.