Posted by Bret4207 on October 25, 2016 at 05:04:06 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: Fence charger posted by Wildride47 on October 24, 2016 at 11:19:48:
As I understand it, "joules" is the potential amount of power that can go through a wire and back to ground. The farm store "30 mile" fencers allegedly might put out 4-6 joules at 8K volts, but in reality with small wires, grass and weeds touching the line, poor grounding and dry hooves on dry ground they might only get 2 joules at 1500 volts. The advertised rating it the MAX the chargers can be expected to produce under ideal conditions. Put a tester on a bare charger not hooked to a fence of ground and that tester will light up like a neon sign at a bar room. Hitch it to a fence and watch the voltage drop by half or 3/4. Then walk out to a stony hill 1/2 mile from the charger and you might not get hardly anything.
Electrics great when it works and the stock is trained to and there is plenty for them to eat inside the fence and no one is in heat. Add any variables and things can go dead ASAP. So, no, I don't think you are likely to get "too much" power to a goat or sheep. If an animal gets caught in a fence, especially a sheep, they can die in 1/2 hour with no voltage at all going through the wires. I've had it happen. Better to really zap them so they learn not to challenge the fence at all.
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