Greg_Ky your comment struck home with me. (pun intended ;-)
I had lightning hit a large tree beside a 3 mile pasture fence. The lightning followed the tree and jumped to the west side of the electric fence. It followed the wire around to the east side of the fence and exploded a half dozen split cedar posts to kindling. It continued around to the south side of the fence until it reached a little country school building I use for storage, the electric wire was mounted on porcelin insulators all along the back side of this building.
The white paint over every siding nail head within a foot of the fence wire was burned black.
The fence ended at my gasoline and diesel storage shed, had electric power in there and was right by the fence, so seemed like a good place for the fencer. (Darwin award applicant ?? ;-( ) Lighting followed the wire connecting the fence charger to the fence and proceded to baloon the fencer case as though a cherry bomb had exploded inside. The fencer power module was blown across the room. The fencer power plug, the type with two little cartridge fuses inside, was blown into a hundred pieces with only the prongs still sticking in the socket.
God protects fools, so I had no fire in either of the buildings.
I retract my earlier post stating that putting the fencer in the house might be OK.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Restoration Story: Fordson Major - by Anthony West. George bought his Fordson Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00 (UK). There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that this Major was produced late 1946. It was almost complete but had various parts that would definitely need replacing.
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
