<p><img src="/images/electric-fence-wall-top.jpg" alt="electric fence wall top" style="margin-left: 20px; float: right;" />Electric Fences are used to increase the security of a boundary wall, and are an electrified barrier added to the top of a boundary wall or fence.</p>
<p>Make sure you check the by-laws in your area before erecting an electric fence, or any wall or fence, as local authorities and municipalities have their their own by-laws that must be complied with.</p>
<p>An electrified fence is an electrified barrier erected on top of a boundary wall or fence, and may not be a freestanding electric fence.</p>
<p>No freestanding electric fences may be erected along any boundary, in such a position that it would allow people to accidentally come into contact with it. Electric fencing is erected to keep intruders out, so should not be erected in such a way that a passer-by could accidentally come into contact with it.</p>
<p><strong><img src="/images/electric-fence-top.jpg" alt="electric fence top" style="margin-right: 20px; float: left;" />Electric fences must always conform to the following specifications:</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">• They must not be any higher than 450mm.<br />• They must always be at least 1.8 m above ground.<br />• They can only be erected on top of walls or fences.<br />• They must never encroach over site boundaries.</p>
<p>Other wall-top barriers, e.g. barbed wire, should never be electrified, as the purpose of electric fencing is that a person who touches the electric wiring, will let go immediately.</p>
<p>Electric fences are an excellent deterrent to would-be intruders, but we can’t stress enough, they should never be a danger to anyone else.</p>
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