Blog Posts — Electric Fence Station

After working in the cattle breeding industry for over 15 years, no challenge is too big for Adam and Jacynta Coffey, founders of Coffey Cattle Co. Originally from Tasmania, the duo travelled around Australia before moving to the Northern Territory in 2006. It was there that their cattle breeding journey began. “[Cattle breeding] is something that we have always wanted to be involved in. I guess we don’t have any generational backing, which can be seen as a negative, but I guess it also means that we aren’t set in any particular way and we’re pretty happy to take on...

Be careful when handling your electric fence energiser, it can hurt you. The danger level is low, but this danger increases for small children and pets. Barbed wire should not be electrified. For long, permanent electric fences use 2.5mm plain galvanised wire. For temporary fences, strip grazing and small garden fence set-ups we recommend using electric fencing poliwire or politape instead (see here).  If your fence is likely to be touched by children consider using a lower-powered energiser or using the low power terminal on your energiser. Another alternative is to add an energy limiting device such as the JVA Flood...

With summer's storm season we often find an increased number of lightning-damaged energisers coming back for repair. Can these be repaired? Our answer: yes!