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Rural Deer Electric Fencing

Electric Fencing was once snubbed in
equestrian circles, everyone who owned2. Mains Electricity. 220volts at 13 Amps
livestock knew the basic rules: cattle andand constant, unpleasant and regularly causes
sheep needed to be enclosed with electricdeath. This sting (similar to a "thwack"
wire, but horses were best off behind woodfrom a riding crop) is what creates a
planks,  poles  or  hedges.psychological barrier within the horses'
brain and it is this that fences him in. A
With the advancements and improvement infence with a voltage as low as 2000v is able
fencing technology in the last ten years thatto create an impression with a horse but this
has outstripped the advances made in thelow voltage has other problems. Horses'
previous sixty years and electric fences nowhooves and hair are insulators so 2000v will
come in forms well suited for horsebe insufficient to bridge the insulated gap
properties. Modern electric fencing is the(particularly if they are on dry ground). A
choice of a growing number of horse owners,more viable fence should run at 6000 volts to
who find that many of the old opinions thatbe effective. Never a truer word may be
electric fencing is painful, unsafe,spoken than "A wimpy energizer gives you a
expensive, unreliable and difficult towimpy fence. " This higher voltage will also
maintain  no  longer  hold  true.help when the horse has a blanket (a very
good insulator) but a second line aimed at
Safety is, of course, the foremost concern inthe horse's knees will be as effective.
any fencing decision. But what exactlyUtilizing  bait  on  the line will also work.
constitutes a safe fence can become a
complicated question. In some ways, horsesAnimals are the intended targets of electric
are among the easiest animals to keep secure:fences, but anything else that comes in
They are domesticated and if they have allcontact with both fence and ground will also
the food, water, shelter and friends theycomplete the circuit. Very small items, such
want, most horses aren't likely to try toas blades of grass, allow a small amount of
leave their familiar surroundings. On thepower to travel from the fence to the ground
other hand, horses do pose a specialrods, but not enough to drain the entire
challenge if it is determined to escape.system. (It's like a series of small holes in
Short of a 3 metre concrete wall, not muchthe fire hose, allowing some of the water to
will hold in a 500 kilogram animal. You aredribble away, weakening the pressure in the
after all simply fencing in the desire, thehose.) A short circuit occurs when an object,
stronger the desire to escape - the moresuch as wire wrapped around a tree, reroutes
robust  the  fence  needs  to  be.all of the power from the fence to the ground
system. Beyond the tree limb, the charge left
Electric fences offer a barrier that horsesin  the  fence  is  reduced  to  zero.
respect, and the newer materials and erecting
techniques that are lighter in constructionThere are a wide range of conductors
and designed to flex and have a "rubber band"available in the form of standard wire, poly
effect. This ability to yield under pressuretwine, tape or rope. The first consideration
is less likely to injure a kamikaze pilot orshould always be the conductivity. This is
aspiring  Houdini.quoted in Ohms/meter (or O/m). The lower this
figure is the better and should be linked to
Touch an electric fence once and you'll knowthe  price  of  the  material.
why it works; it's not very painful -- about
the equivalent of a sharp slap -- but you'llTo illustrate this; an energiser capable of
remember the sensation, and you won't want tocharging a fence 9 klm long with a conductor
repeat it anytime soon. Horses, too, learnof 0.15 Ohms/meter will only be able to
quickly that they don't want to bump, pushcharge a fence 1.5klm long when using a 10
through, rub against or chew on electricOhm/meter  conductor.
fences.
The physical format of the conductor you
The energizer is designed to send out a highselect is up to personal preference. There is
voltage (about 6000volts), low amperagea lot of research results available showing
(about 100 milliamps) electrical charge for athat horses see different materials just as
very limited time (about 1/300th. of awell as if not better than humans. In my
second.) every second. Compare this with twoexperience they are fenced in by plain wire
other  scenarios.just as well as tape and although there are
reports of horses getting torn to shreds by
1. Static Electricity when you touch a door,wire these are more likely to be with barbed
about 20000 volts at 5 milliamps for 1wire. (Barbed wire should not be used with
1000th. of a second, unpleasant but notelectricity.
lasting.



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