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Originally Posted by speedracing944
The fence wire itself isn't grounded. The ground terminal on the fencer goes stright to the grounding rod. The positive terminal on the fencer goes to the fence wire. The fence wire is hot and you complete the circuit by YOU touching the ground with your feet while touching the fence with your hand, pee, leg, arm or whatever.
The fence can be a pulse of upwards of 3000 volts.
He will get shocked if he pees on it and if the fence pulses at the right time.
Speedy  |
It may be over 3000 volts, but the amperage isn't high enough to kill you... it's not much more than a good jolt, really.
The question remains... if you're not barefooted, how do you get shocked... how are you grounded?
All the times I remember getting shocked as a kid reaching over the low fence around the one-acre lot where my sister's horse roamed (to get a football, baseball, or kickball), I was probably barefooted.
Ours pulsed about every 3 seconds.