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Default Electric fence power indicator? Neon?

Chris Wilson wrote:

Neon as in a mains tester screwdriver neon?


A mains tester screwdriver contains a neon bulb and a series
resistor. The neon bulb is just a small glass envelope with low
pressure neon and two electrodes


Are neons different voltages?


Not as such - you need to limit the current through them with a
resistor, the value of which will depend on your voltage.


If the signal lamp was fairly bright could see
it from the house, which would be good.


Depends what your HT circuit's like, but I suspect if you were
drawing that much power from it there wouldn't be much left to
mainain a good fence voltage.

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Grunff