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  2. Electric fence - Wikipedia

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    Charger for a plus-minus net fence. An electric fence is a barrier that uses electric shocks to deter humans and other animals [note 1] from crossing a boundary. The voltage of the shocks may cause discomfort or death. Most electric fences are used for agricultural purposes and other non-human animal control.

  3. Chain-link fencing - Wikipedia

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    Chain-link fencing showing the diamond patterning A chain-link fence bordering a residential property. A chain-link fence (also referred to as wire netting, wire-mesh fence, chain-wire fence, cyclone fence, hurricane fence, or diamond-mesh fence) is a type of woven fence usually made from galvanized or linear low-density polyethylene-coated steel wire.

  4. Wire of Death - Wikipedia

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    The end of the wire near the Scheldt. The wire near a Belgian farm, including a German patrol. Construction began in the spring of 1915 and consisted of over 200 km (125 mi) of 2,000-volt wire with a height ranging from 1.5 to about 3 m (5 to about 10 ft) spanning the length of the Dutch-Belgian border from Aix-la-Chapelle to the River Scheldt.

  5. Knob-and-tube wiring - Wikipedia

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    Over the K&T era multiple wire types evolved. Early wiring was insulated with cotton cloth and soft rubber, while later wiring was much more robust. Although the actual wire covering may have degraded over the decades, the porcelain standoffs have a nearly unlimited lifespan and will keep any bare wires safely insulated.

  6. Concertina wire - Wikipedia

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    Several such coils with a few stakes to secure them in place are just as effective as an ordinary barbed wire fence, which must be built by driving stakes and running multiple wires between them. A platoon of soldiers can deploy a single concertina fence at a rate of about a kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mile) per hour. Such an obstacle is not very ...

  7. Service drop - Wikipedia

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    In electric power distribution, a service drop is an overhead electrical line running from a utility pole, to a customer's building or other premises. It is the point where electric utilities provide power to their customers. [1] The customer connection to an underground distribution system is usually called a "service lateral".

  8. Insulator (electricity) - Wikipedia

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    A flexible coating of an insulator is often applied to electric wire and cable; this assembly is called insulated wire. Wires sometimes don't use an insulating coating, just air, when a solid (e.g. plastic) coating may be impractical. Wires that touch each other produce cross connections, short circuits, and fire hazards.

  9. Hot stick - Wikipedia

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    A linesman working for Country Energy in Australia closing a circuit using a hot stick. In the electric power distribution industry, a hot stick is an insulated pole, usually made of fiberglass, used by electric utility workers when engaged on live-line working on energized high-voltage electric power lines, to protect them from electric shock.

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