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WHAT IS ELECTROFISHING ? Scientists use electrofishing to survey fishes and monitor the size of populations and determine the species in a community. Whether using a boat or a backpack electroshocker, the basic principle involves generating an electrical field in the water to stun fish.
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the recovery time for fish is generally a minimum of 4 hours and can range up to 12 hours. Are you Stunning All the Fish? Electrofishing is a widespread tool used for surveying black bass because black bass are generally easily stunned by the electric field.
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Connecting the electro-fisher Sockets plus and minus (see photo) serve to install a loading of electrofisher. The socket "+" is connected with cable on the landing net. The socket "-" is connected with outer cable with metal wire at the end (mass/minus) which is thrown into water behind the boat or fisherman.
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Knob P serve to increase or decrease output power of going out impulses in accordance with clock direction. The electrofishing is quite simple, however, it may seem to be very complicated at the first sight. The most important is to meet all cable connections and the electrofishing device .
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place into the water in the back part of the boat or we throw it behind ourselves while electrofishing in brooks or streams. To the socket START we insert the steering cable to the maximum end. When electrofisher is correctly connected we can start fishing dipping the landing net in water and pressing press- release button.
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It is not advised to turn the electrofisher very often as fishes are shy, especially large, and will escape from big distance if they are outside of the catching zone. You should turn the device every 5-10 meters from last fishing place. Boating should be silent and careful in order not to frighten fish.
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appropriately correct the duration of impulses increasing their length. This is done by the Power knob. Power of output impulses influences exit of fish in lesser level than frequency. If the power is high the fish will start flowing up from deeper water and sinking afterwards. Too little power level will cause that fish will escape immediately if the electric field is not enough to shock them and if you press the button START for too short time.
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Great role in electrofishing plays knowledge of a given water area, places of fish stocking and fish customs. SAFETY ISSUES SUM electrofisher is an absolutely safe and reliable electrofishing device if appropriate electric safety issues are known for a user. It is forbidden to switch the device and...
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electrofish in the close exposure to bathing people or drinking farm animals. Watch integrity of isolation of wires of loading and a power supply. In case of infringement of a wire it is necessary to replace on similar on section with that that were complete with the device. Periodically check reliability of contact of cable with anode ( landing net) as well as power supply cables with battery bolts.
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During normal work electro-fisher LCD shows - Frequency [Hz] - Output power - Output voltage - Temperature inside [°C] - Battery current - Battery voltage Electro-fisher is equipped with three LEDs Battery status Green light - Connected battery is charged Red light - Connected battery is discharged (voltage below 10,4 1200V Green LED indicates the presence of the high voltage on the...
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Short circuit - red LED lights up when worked electro-fisher protection. The number of flashes indicates the type of failure (error that occurred). Detailed information about problem is visible on LCD. Error no. 1 Anode and cathode short circuit type 1 (metallic no.
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Error no. 20 MOSFET gate 1 and 2 problem (contact service) Error no. 21 Safety resistor corrupted Error no. 22 Battery voltage below 9V Error no. 23 Sparks at High Voltage output (check anode and cathode connectors) Error no. 24 Inside relay 12V is off Error no.
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For POLISH During connecting of battery - POWER REGULATION should be set at 100% level. Anode examples 1 - Oversized Round Anode Ring 2 - Diamond Shaped Anode Ring 3 - Small Round Anode Ring 4 - Round Net Anode Ring 5 - Standard Round Anode Ring...
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SUM electrofisher features - Input voltage 12 VDC - Output voltage 50V-1200V with stabilization - Output power 15000W (peak) - Output current 128 A (peak) - Output frequency 2-100 Hz in 1 Hz step - Overcurrent protection - Overvoltage protection...
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ONE / TWO / THREE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY Electrofisher Model Name Address Date of Purchase Website: www.electro-fisher.net...
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