Electric Fencing (Mains)

[luckilotti]

Hi
I’m after some advice from any electric fencing experts!
We are planning to re-do some of the fencing, some of which was already electric but I’m not sure exactly whats happened to it! (it seems, that maybe the wire is snapped inside one of the long pieces on insulation wire cover thingis - hope that makes sense). We will obviously already be using the mains energiser that is already installed for those fields. But we also want to do another field.
Are mains energisers easy to install/connect?
The wire – does it have to be special wire for electric fences? If not, is there a certain thickness that is most suitable? The insulators, now, I seem to recall reading on here about using bits of hosepipe on the wire for where you staple? Is that correct? (thinking would be easy to split a bit and put it on midway on the fence line on existing electric fence where we have put extra post without us having to undo all of the wire and thread it on!)
Has anyone used the rope attached to their normal fence? (thinking this could be quicker for one field in particular) we once used tape with the insulators that are quite far off the post, but the wind was just too strong!

Any other advice/tips???

 

[flyingfeet]

I'll give this a bash!

Mains fences are dead easy to install - they plug into a 2 pin plug and can be screwed to the wall.

You'll need a good earth wire, not entirely sure where ours goes, but I believe its earths on a barn RSG

The wire can be pretty much anything, but a double insultated copper wire is going to last the longest. Although the single stuff is easier to strip and should last 10 years unless you are unhooking an end regularly.

We use a mix of thin poly rope, wire and thick tape. I've also got some fatter rope which I haven't put into use yet. The wire is the longest lasting and provides the best shock! Ours was designed for cattle and horses!

We use blue water pipe to put the connecting wires undergroud and through gateways as hosepipe is too soft and will be squished. However we do use hosepipe on the electric fencing around water and footpaths to prevent shocks!