Since my hobby electronics knowledge merely consists of trial & error, I thought of better asking you Profis, before my fence idea kills an intruder.
Inside my house fence I thought mounting an electric fence barrier, consisting of a super simple circuit. I know there are lots of far more complex circuits around, but I reckon this simple circuit should be quite safe ...or is it?
I wished I could somehow verify its strength. Maybe I should look at building a HV meter/tester with with Caps and neon lamp? Something that gives me an estimate of its strength so, I can adjust its power to the lower margin. Any ideas on that?
I could turn down the Triac's switching rate or maybe I should connect a smaller transformer with 220V output to lower the voltage output, for it's only for a short fence of some 4 meters. It's only meant to discourage a would be thief. By touching one of the electrified three rows of barbed wire, he will give up and/ or consider ...to climb the neighbor's fence.
Please have a quick check on it, if there's something lethal. Thank you in advance for your expert advice.
Warm Regards from Joh, young pensioner (74) in wintry (bad sunny) St'go de Chile
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Inside my house fence I thought mounting an electric fence barrier, consisting of a super simple circuit. I know there are lots of far more complex circuits around, but I reckon this simple circuit should be quite safe ...or is it?
I wished I could somehow verify its strength. Maybe I should look at building a HV meter/tester with with Caps and neon lamp? Something that gives me an estimate of its strength so, I can adjust its power to the lower margin. Any ideas on that?
I could turn down the Triac's switching rate or maybe I should connect a smaller transformer with 220V output to lower the voltage output, for it's only for a short fence of some 4 meters. It's only meant to discourage a would be thief. By touching one of the electrified three rows of barbed wire, he will give up and/ or consider ...to climb the neighbor's fence.
Please have a quick check on it, if there's something lethal. Thank you in advance for your expert advice.
Warm Regards from Joh, young pensioner (74) in wintry (bad sunny) St'go de Chile
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