this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2024
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[–] Seraph@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh yeah everyone knows electricity won't go through wood.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Anything conducts electricity if there is enough of it.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

It looks so easy, and it is easy, but then it kills you.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Even throwing a metal pipe against it won't do anything. Electric fences have one electrode in the ground, and that's how your body makes the circuit. If they had run and jumped onto the fence, then jumped off on the other side they would have been fine with the fences still active.

Source: I've set up an electric fence and been shocked multiple times, once through my head.

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[–] C126@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

He probably wanted to prevent significant arcing by using a higher impedance test apparatus due to the high voltage.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I always thought that was a piece of fence.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

not a phd in physics huh

[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

Considering these fences are enough to take down dinosaurs, it may set the end of the stick on fire from the resistance, so still works?

[–] Chrusher@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Idiot didnt know the MAD was 2'2", SMDH.

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