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Electric Fences Keeping Bears Contained
An electric fence is keeping bears contained. Kings Mountain, NC.
http://www.shelbystar.com/news/numerous-57667-report-bear.html
Using Electric Arrays to Keep out Elephants and Hyenas
(Botswana) An electric fence surrounds the installation to prevent hyenas from chewing through the system or an elephant from pushing against the fencing.
Electric Fences Stop Rhinos in their Tracks
In Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, the argument isn’t whether or not you can stop rhinos in their migratory path – you can, with an electric fence.
The debate is about whether it’s appropriate to the environment.
The Jakarta Globe:
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/electric-fence-for-javan-rhinos-divides-opinion/454190
Install an Electric Fence and Solar Charger
From American Fence and Supply Company
How to Install an Electric Fence and Solar Charger
INSTALLATION GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Read more
A DIY Weekend Horse Fence
I’m sure we all know people that will bend over backwards to help another person out.
Then there are a few that wouldn’t go out of their way to help a friend in need if their life depended on it… Continue reading on PasturePro.com
Keeping Deer Out of the Garden
Chattanooga, TN – Landowners face many problems when growing a garden, but none can be more frustrating than dealing with nuisance deer. In a single night, a few deer can devour a small garden that took a lot of hard work to prepare, plant and maintain.
Deer are most active after dark. This makes it very difficult for Read more
Electric Fence Equipment Setup
ELECTRIC FENCE EQUIPMENT SETUP
The components of your system should be installed and mounted inside, out of sight and LOCKED out of reach from unauthorized people.
STANDARD SYSTEM
Hang the high voltage charger from the wall and connect it to the battery, placed under the fence charger using the red and black wires that are attached to the fence charger – with the red wire to the positive terminal and the black wire to the negative terminal. Read more
The Advantages of High Tensile Electric Fence Wire
Sometimes, in the course of offering insight and scope, we often lose sight of the most basic essential questions:
Why do we use High Tensile Electric Fencing to begin with? What are the benefits of using it over traditional … Continue reading on PasurePro.com.
An Electric Fence Is Not Enough
This restaurant depended on an electric fence to protect their chickens. What they didn’t have was a sensor in place to tell them that the fence had failed. The result? Almost 100 dead chickens. Read more
17 Mistakes To Avoid With Electric Fencing
From Sustainable Farming Connection:
http://www.ibiblio.org/farming-connection/grazing/features/fencemis.htm
By Wayne Burleson
With 30 years of experience building hundreds of miles of smooth-wire electric fence, I’ve seen just about every fencing mistake possible. And I continue to see folks make many of the same common mistakes. I still make mistakes myself, because I’m constantly challenging myself to make fencing easier, faster, stronger, and safer. Read more
Stray Voltage and Electric Fencing
Stray voltage: The invisible and hard to explain situation that can occur on and around electric fences.
I don’t know how many questions, phone calls and emails I have received over the years that have ultimately been a result of
Solar Trickle Chargers – Battery Maintainers Defined
Which Solar Trickle Charger? – Choose the best solar battery trickle charger to keep your fence energizer, sensor and other batteries topped up.
Two highly ranked solar powered trickle chargers.
These super low watt (5 or less) solar devices are more commonly referred to as battery maintainers because although they produce enough juice to keep a battery charged they are not designed to bring a dead battery back to full charge. Read more
The Physics of an Electric Fence – How It Works
Q: If you are grounded and touch an electric fence that is at 10,000V, say, you will experience a shock. What happens if you were to jump in the air when touching the fence? Would you still feel a shock? Read more
DIY Mini Electric Fence
How to make an electric fence out of a disposable camera: Read more
The History of the Electric Fence
Electric Fencing began out as merely a fictional idea in the 1889 novel “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” by American humorist and writer Mark Twain.
David H. Wilson obtained United States Patent 343,939 in 1886, combining protection, an alarm bell, and telephone communications. He constructed an experimental 30-mile electric fence energized by a water wheel in Texas in 1888, but it was not successful.
In 1906, the Russian army improvised electric fences during the Russo-Japanese War at Port Arthur.
In 1915, during World War I, the German army electrified fences along the border between Belgium and the Netherlands to prevent unauthorized movement of people across the border. The fences covered Read more
Electric Fence Videos
Electric Fence Videos
The first video is a good illustration of how an electric fence can
shock, startle and humble a person, but not seriously injure them.
I’m sorry, but having spent a lot of time on farms when I was a kid,
I can’t help but laugh out loud. Read more
Understanding Wire for Electric Fences
by Gary Duncan from PasturePro.com
All “agricultural fencing” in the USA, consists of low carbon wire or high tensile wire. Low carbon wire is made from steel rod with an approximate 0.10% carbon content. While, this type of wire is easy to work with, it is prone to elongation (as in, stretching and sagging) and is weaker than high tensile wire. High tensile wire is made with steel rod which has approximately 0.28% carbon content. Read more
Exposing Myths – Spray Foam and Electric Fences
Found online – disabling an electric fence using spray foam:
http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6761919888/m/23719338901
My answer: Read more
Troubleshooting An Electric Fence
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
The best way to isolate a problem on an electric fence system is to follow the steps below:
1. The most common problem is vegetation in direct contact with a charged wire. You should trim back and remove any growth of tree fronds, leaves, grass or climbing vines from contact with your electric fence. Make sure Read more
Taming Electric Fence Wire
When moving the electric fence wire for temporary pastures, here’s a handy way to save the wire for reuse: Read more
Checking the Wire Tension on an Electric Fence
[From PasturePro.com] This is a good time of year to check your high tensile wire tension on your fences. In late Fall and early Spring the air temperatures are normally at about the mid range point. There will be some expansion and contraction going on with your high … Continue reading on PasturePro.com.
Electric Fence Safety Testing
Electric fences are safe, even for children. The test results:
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