SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRIC ANIMAL FENCES
ENERGIZER CONTROL PANELS & PORTS
Max Ouput
OFF
Energy Saver
110V PORT
For attaching 110V
Battery Recharger/
Power Supply Adapter
To reduce the risk…
1. Be careful not to touch an energized wire with the
head or spine. For reasons not fully understood, this
contact point is more dangerous than contact with
hands, arms, feet or legs.
2. Never approach a fence without footwear. Also, wear
footwear that fully encloses the foot (not sandals).
Why? Most footwear are poor conductors (rubber
soles). So they reduce (by absorbing it) the energy
that will pass through your body if you touch a fence
with your hands or head.
3. Never energize barbed wire. Animals and humans
can become entangled and repeatedly shocked—and
thus die.
4. Hang warning signs on all areas and fences where
children and adults may encounter electric fencing.
5. Use smaller energizers on fences located near
children and untrained adults. (Most experts agree
that small energizers are safer than large units as
long as animal control isn’t put at risk.)
6. Make the fence as visible as possible to both
humans and animals. Use conductors and posts
that can be seen both day and night, and against all
backgrounds. That’s why Premier has long advised
What
NOT
to do!
• Never place your head or upper spine near an electrified wire.
• Never attempt to step over or climb through an energized fence of any kind.
• Never encourage anyone to touch an electric fence.
What
TO
do!
• Instruct all visitors and children to never touch electric fence.
the use of white/black conductors for contrast
and visibility.
7. If possible, do not energize wires lower than 12".
This allows humans who might contact a wire
enough space to fall away from energized wires.
8. Build fences so all energized wires are on the
inside
of your boundary fence (less likely to be
touched, and anyone who touches them without
your permission is trespassing). We prefer offset
internal energized wires on our perimeter fences.
9. Never connect two energizers to the same fence.
It doubles the pulse frequency (unsafe!), not
the output.
10. The shock from electric fences can panic animals
(e.g. horses) and cause them to crash into fences (or
people) resulting in injury to one or both.
To reduce this risk:
a. Do not install electrified wires on feedlot
fences, corral fences or around riding arenas.
b. Reduce the available volts and joules on
fences that enclose very small areas (e.g. night
pens) to lessen the likelihood of animal stress
and possible panic.
Are electric fences a serious safety risk to humans?
Because touching an electric fence is painful and the voltages are high, most assume that the risks from an energized
fence must also be high.
That’s a myth. Consider that millions of people throughout the world are “exposed” to millions of miles of electric
fences every day—yet there is less than one death or serious injury per year worldwide —and the fence is
often not the cause.
Compare that to the number of annual injuries and deaths that occur from exposure to tractors, skid loaders, PTO
shafts, balers, mowers, combines, bulls, stallions, etc. This is not to suggest that there is no risk at all. There is, indeed,
a small level of risk. And with risk, there is also liability.
To Reduce Risk & Liability
DON’T
POWER
SWITCH
Fig. 3
GREEN
Flashes when
unit is on
YELLOW
Flashes if
solar panel is
producing power
RED
Flashes if battery
capacity is
below 11.5V
(recharge battery
immediately,
see p. 7)
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(=) Max Output , Mode II
Battery
Max. Output
No Load
Impulse
Current
Power
Capacity
Energy
Voltage Interval Consumption Consumption
Full
0.8 joules
10,200V
1.5 seconds
64-45 mA
.832 watts
< to 11 volts
0.4 joules
7,300V
2 seconds
64-45 mA
.300 watts
(—) Energy Saver, Mode I
Battery
Max. Output
No Load
Impulse
Current
Power
Capacity
Energy
Voltage
Interval Consumption Consumption
Full
0.48 joules
8,000V
1.5 seconds
35-24 mA
.460 watts
< to 11 volts
0.4 joules
7,300V
2 seconds
35-24 mA
.300 watts
