Electrified fences

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is there any legislation around these blessed things? Went for a walk today, across this field, and it seemed to be encircled by this nylon cord.... one of my kids said "is it electric dad?" i said "nooo"... (thinking it was a piece of string!) and grabbed hold of it, and it nearly took my arm off !!!! (ok, slight exageration there). But my three year old went running towards it and it was throat height, it's only by luck that he managed to stop mm's away from it (no exageration this time !!)

My point? how does it work? especially through nylon cord.. And shouldn't it have signs every 20yds or so with a lightning bolt or something? This just had an empty coke bottle taped to it...
 
cattle cant read, so no signs. :lol:

you did say you were walking across a field, its the sort of thing you should expect in a farmers field
 
thanks breezer.... another typically 'helpful' post !! i'm sure i must have stolen your can in a former life ! :shock:

Cows can't read? nor can a three year old... and i can't mind read what the farmer's intentions are,..... and nylon cord? doesn't conduct electricty? ! and an electric fence round a corn field? to keep the corn in?

I though H&S was all about erring on the side of caution, not confusion....
 
The nylon dosen't carry any current, take a closer look and you'll see the metal strand entwined in the nylon. As for signs they should be put up where the fence runs along a public footpath or highway.
 
So did i just create a circuit to earth? and can i sue the farmer for a very bruised ego seeing as there were no signs for over a mile?
 
I seem to remember that it's a legal requirement to have warning signs no more than 100m apart where the public may have access. One get out is the distance the fence is set back from the footpath or whatever.

PS They do give a good belt don't they, very good for keeping out the riff raff
 
trazor said:
Were you on a sign posted, right of way walk........?
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Yes. The electric fence even crossed the path with two metal posts and a small gap between them..... had to lift the buggy over to get to the stile.
 
gangman said:
I seem to remember that it's a legal requirement to have warning signs no more than 100m apart where the public may have access. One get out is the distance the fence is set back from the footpath or whatever.

PS They do give a good belt don't they, very good for keeping out the riff raff
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not one sign for over a mile.... and they were very close to the edge of the path.

Lol, to be fair, i think i've had a worse shock from static on the kids trampoline... but i was holding an apple core at the time i got the shock and it felt like i cooked a very small portion of apple with my finger !!!!

:?
 
Sounds like you were tresspassing. Farmers have enough to do without running around fixing signs to warn off silly members of the public.
What if a bull had been in the field or a pure bred limousin cow with her new calf.?.You may have found yourself and your kids running for your lives.
You were lucky. :roll:
 
Yes. The electric fence even crossed the path with two metal posts and a small gap between them..... had to lift the buggy over to get to the stile.[/quote]

When a fence crosses a footpath there has to be a non electrified gate with warning signs either side. A big no no is an electrified fence where there may be horse riders.
 
Where my friend lives, there is a field that horses are kept in. There's an electric fence running round that field and there are no signposts at all - and it's next to a pavement going into the housing estate.

How did we find out it was electric? Her dog was wandering along, bumped it with his nose and shot about 6 feet in the air.

I always thought there had to be a normal fence between the path and the electric fence - but I'm obviously wrong!
 
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