In my neighborhood, the only deterent to rampaging deer that seems to work is an electric fence. High voltage low current, pulsing potential of about 5000 volts, one contact is the wire and the other contact is burried in the ground to complete the circuit. Last night I noticed that one insulator had broken off of a tree and the wire was shorting out to a piece of metal in the ground. I turned off the power switch and put the insulator back on the tree, as I touched the wire, I got a pretty good jolt. Since the power was off, it seems that there must have been a charge build up in the groung near the tree. It had just rained and I would think the improved conductivity would have drained off any built up charge. Any other thoughts?
Dave