At least the ones I've ever seen were - except for the one that had 240V mains wired straight to the fence!.[/quote]
:shock: :shock: wut was the purpose of that fence? to get the builder in a lawsuit? . . . . . sudden, instant, and even immediate death[/quote]
It was to keep cows out of a field of kale (I think it's spelt with a 'k') - an evil smelling green plant used for cattle feed. Cows love the stuff!.
This was back in the late 1960's, I was one of a number of kids who had to beat across those fields - basically scaring pheasants out so people could shoot them. We had to very carefully climb under, or over, this 240V live wire in the pouring rain!.
Tough job for very little pay, we got paid 10 shillings for a saturdays work, a friend from school used to do a similar job (but for grouse) and got paid 4 pounds (eight times as much!). If you didn't get electrocuted you were still liable to get shot! :lol:
BTW, 240V isn't "sudden, instant, and even immediate death", I've had a great many 240V shocks - you have to work pretty hard for 240V to kill you, or be really unlucky!. But a number of people are killed every year, but that happens with 110V mains as well.
But having said that, being in soaked clothes, in the pouring rain, is probably "working pretty hard" towards it! :lol:
Kids these days don't know they are born!.