10 Facts About Electric fence

1.

An electric fence is a barrier that uses electric shocks to deter people or animals from crossing a boundary.

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2.

Early alternating current fence chargers used a transformer and a mechanically-driven switch to generate the electrical pulses.

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3.

The electric pulse is a strong deterrent for criminals, while the palisade fence is mechanically stronger than a typical steel cable electric fence, being able to withstand impact from wildlife, small falling trees and wildfires.

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4.

Electric fence constructed an experimental 30-mile electric fence energized by a water wheel in Texas in 1888, which proved successful at keeping cattle separated, but was deemed impractical as a business venture.

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5.

Electric fence materials are used for the construction of temporary fencing, particularly to support the practice of managed intensive grazing .

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6.

Portable Electric fence energizers are made for temporary fencing, powered solely by batteries, or by a battery kept charged by a small solar panel.

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7.

In practice, once most animals have learned of the unpleasant consequences of touching the Electric fence they tend to avoid it for considerable periods even when it is inactive.

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8.

Electric fence fencing has been extensively used to reduce the conflict between elephants or other animals and humans in Africa and Asia.

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9.

Germany erected a similar Electric fence to isolate thirteen Alsatian villages from Switzerland.

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10.

Typically a nonelectric fence is constructed on either side of such an installation, or the deadly current is carried out of casual reach atop a wall.

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