Re: RE: Houdini Horse - Help!

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

Not really. Fencers operate at extremely high voltages with very limited
energy. They essentially send a high voltage for a very small fraction of a
second. The voltage actually observed at any given point is dependent in
part on the resistance of the overall fencing system and is influenced
primarily by the condition of the ground (which absent a separate wire on
the fence which is the usual situation) means the condition of the physical
earth and the attachment thereto (moisture content, etc.) and on leakage and
shorts (brush, poor insulators, etc.). Measuring peak voltage is a
reasonable measure but subject to a lot of variables including the
characteristics of the measuring device.

Which brings up one possibility since the horse walks through it (as opposed
to running). Try running a ground wire such that the horse has to make
contact with both the hot wire and the ground wire. No guarantee. The
voltage on a fencer is intermittent. It is very high for a fraction of a
second and then is essentially zero for several seconds. Hopefully, he will
be on both wires when the fencer discharges. Of course if he hits them at
zero, no help. And while he will eventually get zapped if this is repeated,
he may just figure the odds are good and no pain, no gain.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>


>
> "We were down
> to
> about 3 kv with the old charger and ground rod....
>
> " We know the voltage is up to 6
> kv ..."
>
>
> You'd be frying tonight, babe!  Normal "household" current is 120 VOLTS,
and
> batteries
> are 6 VOLTS.    You would have be have a huge unit substation transformer
to
> to
> convert THAT voltage!  (kilovolts)
>
> Kathy - sitting in my office, wishing I didn't have to think volts but
gotta
> because
> that's my job.
>