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Energizer
– An appliance that is intended to periodically deliver voltage impulses to a fence
connected to it.
Fence
– A barrier for animals or for the purpose of security, comprising one or more
conductors such as metal wires, rods or rails.
Electric fence
– A barrier which includes one or more electric conductors, insulated from earth,
to which electric pulses are applied by an energizer.
Fence circuit
– All conductive parts or components within an energizer that are connected or
are intended to be connected, galvanically, to the output terminals.
Earth electrode
– Metal structure that is driven into the ground near an energizer and
connected electrically to the fence earth terminal of the energizer, and that
is independent of other earthing arrangements.
Connecting lead
– An electric conductor, used to connect the energizer 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.
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