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Requirements for electric animal fences
(in accordance with Annex BB, section BB.1 of EN 60335-2-76)
Electric animal fences and their ancillary equipment shall be
installed, operated and maintained in a manner that minimises
danger to persons, animals or their surroundings.
Electric animal fence constructions that are likely to lead to the
entanglement of animals or persons shall be avoided.
WARNING! Avoid contacting electric fence wires especially
with the head, neck or torso. Do not climb over, through or
under a multi-wire electric fence. Use a gate or a specially desi-
gned crossing point.
An electric animal fence shall not be supplied from two sepa-
rate energizers or from independent fence circuits of the same
energizer.
For any two separate electric animal fences, each supplied from
a separate energizer independently timed, the distance between
the wires of the two electric animal fences shall be at least 2.5 m
(8'). If this gap is to be closed, this shall be effected by means of
electrically non-conductive material or an isolated metal barrier.
Barbed wire or razor wire shall not be electrified by an energizer.
A non-electrified fence incorporating barbed wire or razor wire
may be used to support one or more off-set electrified wires of an
electric animal fence. The supporting devices for the electrified
wires shall be constructed so as to ensure that these wires are
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