Electric fence WTF?????

Anonymous-0 · Apr 30, 2010

Was showing the horses to someone yesterday and they had a little kid with them. Had just tested the fence with my handy dandy smartfix and all was well. Kid walks up and grabs two bands and starts swinging them back and forth. Grabbed my tester again and that spot had 9k volts+/- a little. Kid touched it again and nothing. Wife was standing there yacking about how my fence was screwed up and bla bla bla. Got tired of listening to her and grabbed her hand and the fence. Knocked the p!ss out of both of us. Why didn't the kid get shocked??? I've heard of people that is not bothered by electricity and there's an old guy in town that'll grab the fence and hold it.
Not this little black duck........

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Apr 30, 2010

(quoted from post at 12:33:56 04/30/10) What kind of shoes did he have on?

--->Paul

I don't know, some kinda kids tennis shoes.....Prolly a lot of plastic......

Howard H. · Apr 30, 2010

A lot (most) of the shock is determined by how well you are grounded...

HH

paul · Apr 30, 2010

What kind of shoes did he have on?

--->Paul

36F30 · Apr 30, 2010

The kid had on thick rubber shoes and didn't complete the circuit to ground. You or the lady made the connection to ground.

As for grabbing and holding it the first shock is big and each successive shock drops dramatically. Put your tester on and have someone short out the fence, it drops fast. These fencers all have to be certified non-lethal and that is part of it. I run several 18 joule Gallager fencers that will make you think otherwise.

TimV · Apr 30, 2010

Standard farm practical joke is to grab hold of an electric fence while wearing rubber boots and then touch someone who isn't wearing them. They get zapped and you don't. More than likely the kid wasn't grounded well enough to transmit a shock. As far as people who aren't affected by electricity, I've got an uncle who would grab an electric fence and you could watch the muscles on his arm jump in time to the pulses, but he could care less--big difference in people's sensitivity to electricity. NOT a trick to try at home, and even he would occasionally get hold of a "weed burner" that would knock him for a loop.

Nancy Howell · Apr 30, 2010

Yup. Kid had on rubber (plastic) soled shoes which kept him from getting shocked.

Doesn"t matter what kind of shoes/boots I have on, I won"t touch an electric fence.

Bspauld · Apr 30, 2010

I have a Grandson that checks electric fences and spark plugs by grabbing on to them,dont brother him at all,does me. I might add hes 28 so cant tell him what to do

RickB · Apr 30, 2010

Has a well grounded wire next to the hot. That way, if the animal touches both, whether they are gronded matters not. "Course, not many livestock wear rubber soles to begin with.

Inno · Apr 30, 2010

I know with ours it all depends on how wet the ground is and as already stated what kind of footwear you have on.
When I first installed it I grabbed it to see if it was working and got a little "tic, tic" and figured that wouldn't be enough to deter the horses........so I took my shoe off and touched one socked foot to the ground...........HOLY HELL!!!!!!! Now I know why the horses stay the hell away from it!

IOWA NORTHEAST · Apr 30, 2010

The good Lords way of letting the wife know nagging isn't always a good thing? Just kidding, and we need not mention this to the wife either?

jbp · Apr 30, 2010

When threshers were still being used, there was a man who pulled his with an IH WK40 in our neighborhood. Several times I have seen him place his fingers on all six plugs and kill the engine at dinner and quiting time. It didn't seem to bother him at all, so some people just don't feel the pain.
Joe

Anonymous-0 · Apr 30, 2010

I remember having to walk the electric fence every day during deer season. Many deer out of their territory and they constantly had the unfamiliar fence torn down.
I had my pockets stuffed with extra plastic insulators and tools. The torn wire often was not long enough to splice, so I added an extra few feet of electric fence wire looped around my bare neck, hanging about to waist level, to allow my hands to be free.

All worked well until I thought I saw a problem on the far side of the fence. I leaned forward over the fence and the wire around my neck swung forward and touched the fence.
WHAM !!!, LIGHTS OUT,DID ANYONE GET THE LICENSE NUMBER OF THAT TRUCK THAT JUST HIT ME ??

Man that old weed burner fencer had a kick, and me with a loop of wire all the way around my sweaty neck. OOOF, LIGHTS OUT. LOL ;-)

johndeereman · Apr 30, 2010

my 5 y/o daughter never gets shocked idk why electric dont bother me much either but i still feel it she dont trouble is she will hold the fence for stability then reach up and grab the horses halter horse bolts equation for trouble but shes just one of those kids that wont listen

36 Coupe · Apr 30, 2010

Simple ,kid had dry feet and thick soled shoes or sandals.

jason, NW Ontario · Apr 30, 2010

wearing rubber boots

TripleRange · Apr 30, 2010

LOL....so...are you still married?

Anonymous-0 · Apr 30, 2010

(quoted from post at 17:13:18 04/30/10) LOL....so...are you still married?

Yea, just no hand in hand walks around the pasture :roll:

kruser · Apr 30, 2010

Hey Dave:
Been thinking about sending the wife to see your horses.
Will buy at Hooters next time you're on this side of the pond!

Jim

Anonymous-0 · Apr 30, 2010

(quoted from post at 19:51:25 04/30/10) Hey Dave:
Been thinking about sending the wife to see your horses.
Will buy at Hooters next time you're on this side of the pond!

Jim

Should I go topless?????????

Have her check out our website. Wife just updated it. All in German but plenty of pics.

Dave

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