I'm looking for a website that shows how to build an electric fence....
I've googled it , and only seem to find companys that want to sell the
fence....
I want to go to Home Depot and buy the needed stuff and build it myself. A
site with a detailed description on how to do this would be very helpful
Thanks
James

News wrote:
I'm looking for a website that shows how to build an electric fence....
I've googled it , and only seem to find companys that want to sell the
fence....
I want to go to Home Depot and buy the needed stuff and build it myself. A
site with a detailed description on how to do this would be very helpful

You attatch a electric fencer unit, to a specially built fence.
Exact details vary depending on whether you want to keep in mice
or elephants.
Find a local farmers supplier.

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If God hadn't intended us to eat animals,
He wouldn't have made them out of MEAT! - John Cleese

It's pretty much the same as a normal fence, only you need to buy the
transformer and some insulators which are like little plastic clips you
simply nail to the fence.

News wrote:
I'm looking for a website that shows how to build an electric fence....
I've googled it , and only seem to find companys that want to sell the
fence....
I want to go to Home Depot and buy the needed stuff and build it myself. A
site with a detailed description on how to do this would be very helpful
Thanks
James

HeatMan wrote:
Just don't pee on it. There are better ways to test to see if it's working.


Get somebody else to.

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http://inquisitor.i.am/ | | Ian Stirling.
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He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers,
which were to be put in vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air
in raw inclement summers. -- Jonathan Swift, "Gulliver's Travels" (1726)

Did you bother to click on the link I sent to you? So far, I am the
only one who answered your question, but I'm pretty sure it will be the
last.

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Keep the whole world singing. . .
Dan G

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News wrote:
Why bother replying just to be a smart ass? That baffles me


"Dan G" wrote in message
.. .
Drive stakes, run wire in insulators, hook up transformer, plug in.
What else can it tell you?

Maybe you need more practice using a search engine:



http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...2+installation

Keep the whole world singing. . .
Dan G

(remove the 7)



"News" wrote in message
...
I'm looking for a website that shows how to build an electric
fence....
I've googled it , and only seem to find companys that want to sell
the
fence....
I want to go to Home Depot and buy the needed stuff and build it
myself. A
site with a detailed description on how to do this would be very
helpful
Thanks
James

Guy I knew put it low so his dogs wouldn't dig.
The boy dogs pee like girls now.
Must have been Shocking! the first time.

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"We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water."
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941); Indian poet, writer, philosopher.
"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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HeatMan wrote:
Just don't pee on it. There are better ways to test to see if it's
working.


Get somebody else to.

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http://inquisitor.i.am/ | | Ian
Stirling.
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----------
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of
cucumbers,
which were to be put in vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm
the air
in raw inclement summers. -- Jonathan Swift, "Gulliver's Travels"
(1726)

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 11:41:48 -0500, "News"
wrote:

I'm looking for a website that shows how to build an electric fence....
I've googled it , and only seem to find companys that want to sell the
fence....
I want to go to Home Depot and buy the needed stuff and build it myself. A
site with a detailed description on how to do this would be very helpful

Well, the available kits come with the instructions...

There are two parts to an electric fence. The first is the regular
fence, the second is the electrical conductor/transformer. Build a
normal fence, with normal materials. Buy the electric fence
transformer, and the required length of wire (depends on what you're
fencing, livestock is usually a single wire. Run the electric wire
around the fence using the clips they supply, hook up the electricty
and you're done.

Google "install electric fence" and you'll get plenty to wade through.
The manufacturer's sites all have instructions online.

Jeff

Just don't pee on it. There are better ways to test to see if it's working.

Been there, done that. Not on purpose, but the buddy I was hunting
with just had to try it himself to see if I was lying.

Jeff

"News" wrote:

I'm looking for a website that shows how to build an electric fence....
I've googled it , and only seem to find companys that want to sell the
fence....
I want to go to Home Depot and buy the needed stuff and build it myself. A
site with a detailed description on how to do this would be very helpful
Thanks
James

I've never seen the necessary stuff at Home Depot. Try an Agway instead.

Dave.

I built one using an old Volkswagon spark coil.... An FET switch driven
by a 555 timer chip for about 5ms till the current built up to 5 or 6 amps,
then
opened. About 5 pulses per second....

Any electrical engineer who does circuit design can do this. I don't think
many of them work at Home Depot, or could buy the parts there (grin).

The ag supply stores sell electric fence chargers, wire, and insulators for
about $40-$50. Probably your best deal...

Andy in Fink, Texas



"Dave Mitton" wrote in message
...
"News" wrote:

I'm looking for a website that shows how to build an electric fence....
I've googled it , and only seem to find companys that want to sell the
fence....
I want to go to Home Depot and buy the needed stuff and build it myself.
A
site with a detailed description on how to do this would be very helpful
Thanks
James

I've never seen the necessary stuff at Home Depot. Try an Agway instead.

Dave.

Try any store with "Farm" and "Fleet" in its name.

You can certainly find fencers on the web too. I bought mine at a farm
store for about $50 and it definitely keeps the woodchucks at bay.


"Andy in Fink" wrote in message
...
I built one using an old Volkswagon spark coil.... An FET switch driven
by a 555 timer chip for about 5ms till the current built up to 5 or 6
amps,
then
opened. About 5 pulses per second....

Any electrical engineer who does circuit design can do this. I don't think
many of them work at Home Depot, or could buy the parts there (grin).

The ag supply stores sell electric fence chargers, wire, and insulators
for
about $40-$50. Probably your best deal...

Andy in Fink, Texas



"Dave Mitton" wrote in message
...
"News" wrote:

I'm looking for a website that shows how to build an electric fence....
I've googled it , and only seem to find companys that want to sell the
fence....
I want to go to Home Depot and buy the needed stuff and build it
myself.
A
site with a detailed description on how to do this would be very
helpful
Thanks
James

I've never seen the necessary stuff at Home Depot. Try an Agway
instead.

Dave.