"DavesVideo" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter said:

neighbors who've been here for 20+ years say they've never seen deer
during
the hours when kids would be out playing and might approach the garden.
So,
I thought I'd probably put the electric fence on a timer. I understand
that
the fence is unlikely to harm a person

I wouldn't wory about those kids unless one of them has a pacemaker.
My
small unit runs at 1000 Volts and the big one at 5000, but the current is
miniscule. Touching the fence is about equivalent to the shock you get
when you
scuff your feet on a rug. That static electricity jolt, by-the-way is
about
50,000 volts, but the only way you can get hurt is if you happen to be
picking
up a gas can.

Dave
http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave

Yeah....I know. But, there are people who have built lives around refusing
to learn. Given a choice between a 20 minute pointless conversation, and
spending $20 on a timer, I'll go for the timer. :-)

Another example: When I got my pistol permit, my ex wife kept crabbing about
"What if the gun goes off by itself?" (when my son's at my house). I told
her the holster completely covered the trigger, and that the gun was in a
locked metal box. "Well....if it goes off by itself, won't the bullet go
through the box?" Told her it was unloaded when locked up. "What if you
leave a round in the chamber". Told her "I check it twice, in case I'm
tired". "Do kid's name and his friends know where the key is???" Told her
"Of course. How can they play with the gun if they can't get it out of the
box???" That usually has the same effect as the timer for the electric
fence. End of silly conversation. :-)