Electric Fencing Guide. Advice & Guidance for installing permanent or moveable electric fence systems

Stallion Chicks Chances separated from his mares by a moveable FIELDGUARD tape fence

To create safe horse fencing you require: a wide tape band that can be either fixed to wood uprights for a permanent, safe fence, or onto glass fibre stakes to construct moveable safe field fencing. It is the minimum width that can be seen by a spooked, bolting horse. Easy to self-erect and highly cost-effective, being roughly one quarter of the price of good quality wooden post and rail fencing. It is Ideal for livery yards, stallion fencing and stud fencing; the perfect field fencing.

Fieldguard electric fence tape is ubiquitous and can fulfil every animal containment need. For instance it can be used to temporarily fence an area, to render a barbed wire fence safe, keep a stallion in (or out) or as a complete, stand-alone field fencing installation. It provides for fantastic stallion fencing.

It is highly visible, very strong and flexible so cannot harm animals. This final attribute is also it's undoing so it has to be electrified to deter animals from becoming entangled or climbing through, hence helping to provide a safe horse fencing solution. The price of FIELDGUARD fencing should be compared to good quality wood post and rail as it is as visible, six times stronger, lasts as long and is virtually maintenance free.

Fieldguard is the only retailer worldwide to weave its own tapes. Original Fieldguard installations are now more than 20 years old.

ALL animals respect a Fieldguard fence and it is incapable of harming them!

Fieldguard tape holding steady in a 40mph wind with lesser quality tape below

The picture on the right was taken with a 1-second exposure during a 40 miles per hour wind. It illustrates how well the Fieldguard tape holds steady and more tightly than a typical woven tape which you can see is flapping below it.

In measuring distances, as a guide one long stride is (roughly) 1 yard or 1 metre. 

Examples of a typical safe horse fencing layout for horse use to help you decide what you require. The following is for a four acre square field with one gate opening using two runs of 40mm tape. Scale up or down to fit your needs from single stud fencing to multiple stallion fencing, or livery yard installations.

Important: When running your energiser from a battery you should always use a 12v leisure battery rather than a regular car battery. This should be rated at a minimum of 85Ah.

Permanent Fence 2 x 500m rolls of 40mm tape R4 200 Insulators R8 2 x 200 screws R8X 10 Tensioners R36V 2 Gate handles R11 1 Energiser Battery or mains 100 x 2½" diameter softwood stakes * (as for barbed wire fences) 5 x 3½" softwood posts * 1 x power connector R59C (Cable if mains energiser) (R59B) (1 Lightning diverter if mains energiser) (R57) (1 x voltmeter/tester) (R18/RL27)

Moveable Fence 2 x 500m rolls of 40mm tape R4 200 Insulators R8 100 Glass Fibre Stakes R7A 10 Tensioners R36V 2 Gate handles R11 1 Stake driver R49 1 Energiser Battery 5 x 3½" softwood posts * 1 x power connector R59C (1 x voltmeter/tester) (R18/RL27)

* = Purchased locally

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