I am thinking of going with 5 or 6 strands of smooth High Tensile wire energized for goats. What spacing do I use and what size wire? I might run cattle in it later. How do you attach the high tensile to the corners wood posts to stretch it without grounding it out?
How to on High Tensile corners
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Outrigger2
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go to gallagherusa.com they can help you with spacing and how many wires needed for any type of livestock.
I just finished a bunch of high tensile for goats and used the recommendations of a guy north of us that has miles of the stuff with his goats. The bottom wire is about 5 inches from the ground with each wire 9-10 inches above that. We have the bottom wire rigged up so we can remove the juice from it without affecting the other wires.
Depending on what the corner post is, I either use a bull nose insulator and use a wrap to secure the insulator to the end post then run an insulated jumper to the opposite side of the post and hook it to the next piece of wire that is also terminated with a bull nose, or I use a doughnut type insulaotr and secure it to the end post and run the wire through it and continue to the next corner.
Depending on what the corner post is, I either use a bull nose insulator and use a wrap to secure the insulator to the end post then run an insulated jumper to the opposite side of the post and hook it to the next piece of wire that is also terminated with a bull nose, or I use a doughnut type insulaotr and secure it to the end post and run the wire through it and continue to the next corner.
millstreaminn
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I'm in the process of fencing an additional 10 acres with HT fence. For the hot wires, to wrap a corner I use a wrap around insulator. It's different from the line insulators in the fact that it has a piece of metal formed into the plastic to keep the wire from cutting through and grounding out. Obviously the neutral wires just wrap around the post with no insulator.
Scott
Scott
millstreaminn":1rfjk68y said:
The guy I was helping insisted on using the plastic (kind of a double U shape) insulators. He had some on 4 inch pipe end posts and the were arcing through the insulator and turned everything hot enough to get a shock when touching any of the metal gates. He finally broke down and used the ceramic insulaotrs on the metal posts and all is well. He was pumping out 12.5 k volts and maybe that was the problem.
millstreaminn
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I've had problems with the bullnose insulators arcing from the hot wire to the brace wire. The wrap around plastic will short out some but they only seem to do it when it's raining. Sure hasn't shorted out in the last month in Northern Pa. 
lmp570
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millstreaminn is right about using the wrap-around insulators on your cornerposts. they last longer, and once you get accustomed to them, they are easier to install. ive put up over 60 acres of H.T. fence and i love these insulators.
