1994 - Volume #18, Issue #1, Page #38
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Gate Jumper For Electric Fence
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"We put electric fencing on non-electric fencing to keep horses from chewing wood posts or poles or to keep stock from rubbing on fences or trying to crawl through. With a strategically placed `hot' wire, you can keep livestock from reaching through the fence or lying too close to it. The problem is that when you run a wire across a gate, it'll short out if the wind blows it against the metal or anything else causes it to touch metal.
"We solved the problem by slipping a length of old garden hose over the wire where it crosses the gate to completely insulate the wire. We put a spring-loaded electric fence handle on one end to release the wire when opening the gate?'
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Heather Smith Thomas, Box 215, Salmon Idaho, 83467 (ph 208 756-2841).
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