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Two solutions. The first is a rubber hose. The second is you can get 
from Jefferes and maybe even you local tractor supply insulated electric 
fence wire for running the electric underground - like under a gate. You 
could also use that and tack it right to the board.

Truman


rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> In order for my electric wire to get from the source of power in the barn
> to the part of the fence I want electrified it has to run along a short
> section of board fence where my horse's feed buckets are attached and I
> reach over & pet. They like to stand with their heads over this fence so
> I ran the electric fence along the outside of the fence at about shin
> level until it reached the wire section of the fence.
>
> Therein lies the problem. People keep walking up to the fence to pet my
> horses, reach over and touch them just as their shin hits the hot wire.
> My poor horse is getting a complex! The people don't care for it either.
> I'm wondering if I could run that section of wire through a waterhose for
> the length of the board fence and that act as an insulator?  Any
> suggestions? There's no way to run it overhead.
>
> Angie
>
> The bigger they are, the farther you fall.
>
>  


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