Tensioned electric

[Greenbeast]

Getting tempted to put in some tensioned electric wire in our pig pens. Worth it or not? I know electric is meant to be more of a psychological barrier than physical but I need all the help I can get with these bloody animals

If I go for it how do i terminate at gateways?

 

[vinnie123]

 

[tepapa]

Tried but can't put link up. Search the strainrite Chanel above for the insulclip video. Will insulate and tension at same time.

 

[Ukjay]

Tried but can't put link up. Search the strainrite Chanel above for the insulclip video. Will insulate and tension at same time.

Is this the one you were talking about:

 

[tepapa]

Yep, thanks terminated and tensioned in one go.

 

[Greenbeast]

Sorry i should have explained better. My pig pens are stock fenced then electric fenced insideinside using 9" insulators.
But when it comes to a gate these will obviously not have the strength to withstand tensioning.
I do use gate anchors so the wire goes right back close to the fence next to the gate and i guess these can take some tension I just wonder if there's a better /proper solution for this area?

 

[tepapa]

Sorry i should have explained better. My pig pens are stock fenced then electric fenced insideinside using 9" insulators.
But when it comes to a gate these will obviously not have the strength to withstand tensioning.
I do use gate anchors so the wire goes right back close to the fence next to the gate and i guess these can take some tension I just wonder if there's a better /proper solution for this area?

That doesn't explain any better ,sorry. Any pics of what you mean?

 

[Dry Rot]

Electric fencing, as you already know, is a psychological barrier and does not need as much tension as a 'normal' fence which is a physical barrier. A psychological barrier prevents the escape of livestock by using the fear of an electric shock, a physical barrier actually restrains them by force or the strength of the fencing.

If you are wanting to protect the gate with electricity, just attach the wire with insulators each end and a tensioner on the wire, but don't tighten as tightly as you would for a stock fence. You will obviously need to feed electricity into that wire using a length of flexible insulated wire. Does that answer the question? All my field gates are protected this way or they just become rubbing posts. I just tension the wire enough so it does not sag.

My apologies if you know all this, but many don't. Or maybe I have misunderstood your question.

 

[Greenbeast]

Yes sorry, that's how we currently operate. I'm looking to experiment with 'properly' tensioned electric wire around the entire pen, to attempt to make it more robust against turfing over, or nosing if shorted/off. So that it's perhaps not such a mammoth task to reinstate when i find it shorted/off.
My newest pen had electric for about a month, maybe two. The pen had it's original turf which the pigs gleefully took up and rolled over the fence, then while shorted, completely destroyed. I had to just leave it as is because it seemed pointless to rectify. They've not escaped that pen yet but they are digging quite considerably at the fences.

So i can using wire-wire insulators at corners to bring the wire the required distance off the stock net but when you get to a gate, how do you terminate (before putting in a slinky or sprung-handled gate run)? Ideally you'll be 9" off the fence and need to withstand a good few pounds of tension (gripple or chain tensioner)

 

[tepapa]

Could you not just use the gate post to pull to. And then the first few m's until the first insulator will be at an angle and not parallel with the fence.
Alternatively knock a post in the 9" out from the gate and brace it back to gate with a couple of rails. You don't need a lot of tension on electric wire so a good sized intermediate post knocked/dug in as deep as you can will hold if only one electric wire is going to be pulled.

And if you use the isul clips strainers above you can tie them on and use them to tension with a spanner.

 

[Greenbeast]

Thanks i will consider those options when i get started

 

[Greenbeast]

And then the first few m's until the first insulator will be at an angle and not parallel with the fence.

i could put an insulator on the first post after the line starts, to bring it out and away early. DO wonder how they will cope with the forces involved, we shall see