On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:13:23 -0800 (PST), JimK wrote:

Plus mine's a metal wire rope which makes it conductive.... :) fx:
manic laughter

Unless you can pass enough current down it to get suffcient volt drop
between front and back paws. Birds sit on power lines all the time,
men work of the super grid lines, live...

The only time having the wire electrified is a problem is getting
on/off it from/to something else that can form a circuit. Unless you
zapped te tree rat the first time they'd soon learn to jump over the
insulator rather than climb round it.

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Cheers
Dave.