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Safety Considerations

Safety considerations according to European Security Standard EN 60335-2-76
Definition of special terms
Energiser – An appliance that is intended to periodically deliver voltage impulses to a
fence connected to it.
Fence – A barrier for animals or for the purpose of security, comprising one or more con-
ductors such as metal wires, rods or rails.
Electric fence – A barrier which includes one or more electric conductors, insulated from
earth, to which electric pulses are applied by an energiser.
Fence circuit – All conductive parts or components within an energiser that are connected
or are intended to be connected, galvanically, to the output terminals.
Earth stake – Metal structure that is driven into the ground near an energiser and con-
nected electrically to the output earth terminal of the energiser, and that is independent of
other earthing arrangements.
Connecting lead – An electric conductor, used to connect the energiser to the electric fence
or the earth stake.
Electric fence – An electric fence used to contain animals within or exclude animals from
a particular area.
Pulsed conductors – Conductors which are subjected to high voltage pulses by the energiser.
Requirements for electric fences
Electric fences and their ancillary equipment shall be installed, operated and maintained
in a manner that minimises danger to persons, animals or their surroundings. Electric
fence constructions that are likely to lead to the entanglement of animals or persons shall
be avoided.
This energiser is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons unless they have
been adequately supervised by a responsible person to ensure that they can use the ener-
giser safely. Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the
energiser. An electric fence shall not be supplied from two or more separate energisers.
For any two separate electric fences, each supplied from a separate energiser indepen-
dently timed, the distance between the wires of the two electric fences shall be at least
2.5 m (6'6"). 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 energiser.
A non-electrified fence incorporating barbed wire or razor wire may be used to support
one or more offset electrified wires of an electric fence. The supporting devices for the
electrified wires shall be constructed so as to ensure that these wires are positioned at a
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