[HCARC] Electric Fence Foolishness

[robert russell]

From: robert russell <timberrr59 at yahoo.com>
To: "hcarc at mailman.qth.net" <hcarc at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:18 AM
Subject: Electric Fence Foolishness



Gary,  I once took a leak near a hot fence.  Wasn't careful with aim and made a wet contact with the wire!  I resembled one of those golf course sprinklers.  Hurt like hell.  Three days to get voice back down in frequency from soprano pitch. 73-3-3-3, KF5AIE Robert Russell
 
 
Yeah, I'll bet the salts in the urine made for good conductivity.  Hard as 
it is to admit this is the second time this has happened.  First time it is 
entirely my fault though - the last time one of my outside dogs knocked me 
off balance.  Hit the wire with the back of my head - sounded like my head 
exploded and threw me about 5 feet onto the ground.  I can see why my dogs 
and the goats want no part of being close to the fence when the charger is 
clicking.  Last time it felt like someone hit me across the back of the head 
with a 2x4 or baseball bat.  You would think I would learn!!!  I have seen 
people straddle a hot wire trying to cross the fence line and get zapped on 
the inside of the leg in all that tender meat.  Goes right through blue 
jeans like they weren't even there.  When I was a volunteer fireman had a 
person tending hose (wet feet and all) back into a fence they had not seen. 
That hurt a bit too - he thought he had been hit by a rattlesnake or a 
scorpion.

Cheap way to learn about electricity though.  What did I learn this time 
that I didn't the first time.  Sheesh!!!

Don't know if this will make you feel any better...  My neighbor told me 
about a friend of his who mistakenly took a wiz near a charged fence. Guess 
what he got???  Ouch!

Hope you're feeling better soon.

Gerry
KF5SPT