From: PaulMmn (PaulMmn_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 05:29:37 PDT
re: electric fences-
Most of them use internal circuitry to boost the 12v up to something
that even a cow can't ignore!
And they -do- put out a powerful pulse! I was fishing with a buddy
once along a small meandering creek. I was balancing along a steep
bank, and lost my balance. I grabbed onto the nearby fence so I
wouldn't fall. >ZzzzzzzzAAAAAAAP<
If the fence wasn't pulsed (ie 5 seconds on / 5 seconds off) I'd
-still- be holding on to the wire! While the current is flowing
through you, you -can't- move!
Even now I can hardly walk past a wall outlet without reaching for a
paperclip. (:
--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn_at_ix.netcom.nospam.com
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