Gate-making gear for 1.5-inch polytape: Attach 08-03 (for wood and vinyl posts) or 08-02 (for T-posts) at both sides of the gate and use spring-loaded gate handle 05-09 to span the gap.
Gate-making gear for half-inch polytape: Attach pin-lock insulator 07-88 to each gate post and clip splicer plate 05-06 into it. Attach handle plate 05-05 to the back of gate handle 05-03W. Now attach your tape to splicer 05-06 and to handle plate 05-05 in order to span the gap.
Gate-making gear for wire, polywire, and quarter-inch polyrope/polybraid: Attach product 05-08 (for wood, vinyl, or T-posts), product 08-22 (for wood posts), or product 08-22A (for T-posts) to both gate posts. Pass both incoming runs of wire, polywire, or polyrope/braid through a side hole in the kit plate of 05-08 or through a ring of 08-22 or 08-22A and clamp with 08-12B. Do the same with one end of the length of conductor that will span the gate. Attach the other end of the gate-spanning conductor to the clamp on the back of handle 05-13 and hook the gate handle through the remaining plate hole in 05-08 or the remaining ring in 08-22 or 08-22A to close the gate.
Wide Gates (Up to 24 Feet)
Slinky, Bungee, Retractable Tape, and Drive-through Gates
Gate-builders have applied lots of imagination to the problem of how to place a charged gate across a wide (12-foot-plus) span. Each of the gate kits listed here spans over 12 feet (up to 24 feet in one case), but each does so in a different way. The "slinky" or "expando" gate (products 05-01 and 05-01A) uses a large galvanized steel spring which unfortunately is rated as unsafe for horses; the bungee-style gate (product 08-25), which likewise will span up to 20 feet and which is rated by the manufacturer as safe for horses, uses a stretchable conductive cord; the retractable polytape gate kit provides a retractable reel of 1.5-inch polytape; and the tried and true "drive-thru" electric gate (products 08-27 and 08-28) provides movable bars on pivots with dangling electrified elements that can be driven through by a vehicle without harming the vehicle or shocking the driver.
Gate Handles and Rings
For those who want a wide choice of gate handles, here it is. Handles 05-02, 05-03, 05-03W, and 05-07 have no internal spring mechanism. Handles 05-09, 15-12, 15-12W, and 15-13 have an internal spring mechanism that creates a little tension when the handle is hooked on and makes for a snugger fit when you close the gate. We also offer metal rings for those who would like to improvise their own gate handle hooking arrangements.
Insulated Undergate and Hookup Wire and Insulator Tubing
Insulated electric fence wire, whose insulation can contain up to 20 kilovolts, has several uses. Unlike ordinary extension cord (which cannot contain very high voltages) it can carry an electric fence charger’s output from the charger to the electric fence. It can also connect the electric fence charger’s ground terminal to one or more ground rods. It can carry an electric charge from the charged electric fence line to various components of electric fence gates. And since it can be buried underground, it can also carry the fence’s electric charge underneath an electric fence gate from one side of the gate to the other. Alternatively, any sort of metal electric fence wire (see previous page) can be threaded through a length of insulator tubing (product 02-85 below) and used as insulated undergate and hookup wire.
