Electric Fence Gates
One secret to a happy electric fence gate is undergate and hookup wire (products 02-28 thru 02-32 and 02-82 thru 02-85). Attach the undergate and hookup wire firmly to the conductor on one side of the gate with a connector (see products 02-90, 02-91A, 05-05, and 08-33), string it through a length of well-drained pipe under the gate, bring it up, and use another connector to attach it to the conductor on the other side of the gate. Then, regardless of whether the connections that are supposed to carry the charge through the gate are working, and regardless of whether two or more gates are open, the charge will be carried securely across the gate.
There are lots of different sorts of electric fence gates, but most of them are either fairly narrow (less than 8 feet, designed to admit people) or quite wide (13 to 20 feet, intended for horses and vehicles). Frankly, the narrow types don’t amount to much. All you need is something to end each run of polyrope or polytape on both sides of the gate (something like two copies of product 08-03), a short length of polytape, and one gate handle (product 05-07) if you are using wood posts and a single run of 1.5-inch polytape, or some other assortment of small products from the access gates table in the gates section if you are using other materials.
We also offer four gates that span up to 20 feet with a spring, bungee-style polyrope, or wide (1.5-inch) polytape (see products 05-01, 05-01A, 08-25, and 08-26). In each case one needs to end the incoming conductor on both sides of the gate; and in some cases it may be necessary to use a short length of undergate and hookup wire to go from the end insulator to the insulator supporting the gate apparatus on the same post.
Finally, we offer two well-known Koehn gates that stop horses, cattle, and other livestock, but that permit tractors, cars, and other vehicles to drive through the gate without a shock (see products 08-27 and 08-28). These gates are substantially more expensive than the others, but they make up for this with their convenience.
