![]() Consider that hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world are “exposed” to the millions of electric fences every day-yet electric fences account for (but are not always the cause of) less than one serious injury per year worldwide. Touching an electric fence leaves a vivid and painful memory and the voltages are also high in comparison with standard mains electricity, because of this most will assume that the risk to life and limb must also be high. So since we are in a large farming community, and subsequently have many electric fences in the area the question arises: Are Electric Fences dangerous?! Well eventually I gained the courage and touched the fence, only to feel a small pulsating tingle. ![]() If you’ve seen the movie you can probably guess I was pretty terrified to touch an electric fence. Of course my only exposure to electric fences at that time was from the move Jurassic Park. During recess many of us kids would dare eachother to go and touch the fence. Across the street from my Elementary school was a small farm with an electric fence surrounding the perimeter.
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