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Voltage doen't kill you, current does. You get hit a lot of
voltage when zapped with static electricity, but very little
current.

Yes but they dont use static electricity in electric fences, do they?




Electricity is electricity. Lightning is static electricty, but I
wouldn't want to get hit with it.

No, there's a difference. A static charge of 1000v will (in most cases)
dissipate so quick you barely hear the snap, where 1000v ac or dc will
kill
you more than likely. Now that I think of it some, it may be that they
*do*
use static electricity for fences. Looked up electric fence on the
internet. What I read doesnt explicitely say static charge, but they are
talking about powering it with a low voltage battery so that does kind of
imply a short lived charge.




Your static charge is DC.

Disagree. DC means unchanging voltage. Static charge changes as soon as it
is 'used'. Otherwise I agree with what you say.

The fences probably use a capactive discharge circuit.

This makes sense. Good jolt but relatively safe.