Electric Fence: Fiberglass Horse Fence

Insulators for Polyropes/braids and Polytapes

A good line insulator for round fiberglass posts and polyrope/braid is 07-04, which can also be used for polywire and polytape up to 1.5 inches wide. If you decide to use 1.5-inch tape your big enemy is the wind, so take several turns on the tape between each set of posts to reduce wind resistance, and space your posts no more than 20 feet apart, rather than the more liberal maximum distance of 35 feet used for polyrope/braid. The big fiberglass corner, gate, and end posts all come with pre-drilled holes, which makes it easy to use corner insulator 07-101.

PRODUCT NO.	DESCRIPTION	COST	QTY
07-04	Insulator for 1/4 to 7/8 – inch round posts and polyrope/braid or polytape up to 1.5 inches wide, bag of 25, white	$10.99
07-101	Roller-style corner insulator for 2-inch round posts, bag of 12, black	$22.89

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Minor Parts: Tighteners and Clamps

To join two segments of polyrope/braid use two rope clamps (08-06A, 08-06B, or 08-12B), and to join two segments of electrobraid use two electrobraid split-bolt clamps made for joining copper (08-36A). At end posts and approaches to gates, cut the rope/braid, run the cut end through insulator 07-101 (above), and clamp the returning rope/braid back onto itself with one or two rope clamps or copper split-bolt clamps. In doing this, use the convenient rachet/scissor clamp (08-37A) to tighten the rope/braid to a point where it runs straight along the fence and does not sag.

PRODUCT NO.	DESCRIPTION	COST	QTY
08-06A	Clamps for joining/clamping polyrope/braid, box of 4 (Dare)	$5.99
08-06B	Strong clamp for joining/clamping polyrope/braid, single unit	$1.95
08-12B	Small clamps for joining/clamping polyrope/braid, bag pf 10	$9.98
08-36	Split-bolt clamp for joining/clamping electrobraid, pack of 10	$9.39
08-37	Rachet with scissors clamp for tensioning polyrope and electrobraid	$27.49

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Minor Parts: Electrical Connectors

These items include a charger to polyrope connector (02-88A), a polyrope to polyrope connector (02-91A), and a connector for joining hookup wire to electrobraid (02-94). If you have an AC-powered charger, go from the charger to the fence with hookup wire. You will not need a charger to rope connector. If you have a battery-powered or solar-powered charger, mount the charger very close to the fence and get from the charger to a suitable run of polyrope/braid with one charger to rope connector (02-88A). If you are running multiple lines of charged rope/braid, join them together with one or more rope to rope connectors (02-91A); and if there are multiple runs of grounded polyrope/braid, join them together with one or more 02-91As. Repeat this joining process (connecting all charged conductors together and all grounded or seasonally grounded conductors together) with more 02-91As after each gate or each additional quarter-mile of fence. If using electrobraid, do the same thing using short segments of hookup wire (02-28 or 02-29) and the electrobraid connector 02-94.

PRODUCT NO.	DESCRIPTION	COST	QTY
02-88A	Charger to quarter-inch polyrope/polybraid connector, single unit	$2.95
02-91A	Polyrope to polyrope connector for quarter-inch polyrope, single unit	$3.95
02-94	Hookup wire to electrobraid connector	$5.20

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