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INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION OF
ELECTRIC FENCES IN AUSTRALIA AS REQUIRED UNDER
AS3350.2.76
DEFINITIONS
Connecting Lead:
an electric conductor, used to connect the
energiser
to the
electric fence
or the
earth electrode.
Electric animal fence:
an
electric fence
used to contain animals within or exclude animals from a particular area.
Electric fence:
a barrier which includes one or more electric conductors, insulated from earth, to which electric pulses are
applied by an
energiser.
Electric security fence:
a fence used for security purposes which comprises an
electric fence
and a physical barrier electrically
isolated from the
electric fence.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC FENCES
1.
Electric fences
shall be installed and operated so that they cause no electrical hazard to persons, animals
or their surroundings.
2.
Electric fence
constructions which are likely to lead to the entanglement of animals or persons shall
be avoided.
3. An
electric fence
shall not be supplied from two different
energisers
or from independent fence
circuits of the same
energiser.
For any two different
electric fences,
each supplied from a different
energiser
independently timed, the distance between the wires of the two
electric fences
shall be at
least 2.5m. If this gap is to be closed, this shall be effected by means of electrically non-conductive material
or an isolated metal barrier.
4. Barbed wire or razor wire shall not be electrified by an
energiser.
5. Any part of an
electric fence
which is installed along a public road or pathway shall be identified at
frequent intervals by warning plates securely fastened to the fence posts or firmly clamped to the fence
wires.
a. The size of the warning plates shall be at least 100 mm x 200 mm.
b. The background colour of both sides of the warning plate shall be yellow. The colour on the plate shall
be black and shall be either:
i. The symbol of Figure 4, or
ii. The substance of TAKE CARE - ELECTRIC FENCE.
c. The inscription shall be indelible, inscribed on both sides of the warning plate and have a height of at
least 25 mm.
