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Posted by ransley on May 19, 2008, 10:02 am
On May 18, 1:59=A0am, letter...@invalid.com wrote:
> Of all the strange things that can happen, this one I would have never
> expected. =A0I run a farm, I have livestock in electric fences. =A0I am
> around these fences daily, and you learn not to touch them, or touch a
> weed that is contacting the fence. =A0Every so often I touch the fence.
> For some reason touching the fence automatically triggers my mouth to
> utter a about 5 to 10 cus words and then I continue what I was doing.
>
> When you have livestock, they still need water, and that means
> dragging out a hose and fighting the weather and the ice on the spigot
> threads.
>
> During the coldest part of last winter, I was fighting with stiff and
> frozen hoses (as always), and I decided to go shopping and see if
> there was a hose that would not get stiff when it was cold. =A0I found a
> black rubber hose, which claimed to stay soft and pliable in even the
> coldest weather. =A0It was costly, but I decided to give it a try. =A0
>
> The good news, it did remain relatively soft and pliable even when the
> temps dropped below zero. =A0The bad news, I quickly learned this hose
> is electrically conductive. =A0I learned the hard way when the hose
> touched the electric fence, and nearly knocked me on my ass. =A0The
> common plastic hoses do not conduct. =A0Even when they are wet, I might
> feel a tingle, but not enough to bother me, I just lift the hose from
> the fence. =A0But this black rubber hose (whether wet or dry), conducts
> just like a wire. =A0In fact it seems to amplify the shock. =A0If that
> hose is touching the electric fence, I can touch that hose anywhere
> along it's 50 foot length and get knocked to the ground.
>
> HOW IN THE HECK CAN RUBBER CONDUCT ELECTRICITY ?
>
> Aside from cutting the hose, I have carefully looked it over. =A0There
> are no exposed wires embedded in the rubber, and even if there were
> wires in the core of the hose, there would still be rubber in between.
> Therefore, the rubber itself is conductive. =A0WTF??????
> All I can figure is that the rubber contains a high amount of carbon
> and is acting like a resistor which sort of explains why it tends to
> amplify the shock.
>
> I called the manufacturer. =A0No one working there, including the top
> guy could explain the reason, and said they never heard of such a
> thing. =A0They took down my phone number and said they would contact me
> if they could answer my question. =A0Of course I never heard back from
> them.
>
> Can anyone make any sense of this?
>
> Thanks
I bet it was made in China, contact a few gov agencies, even a tv
station might be interested. Did you try it again with a V meter and
ohm test.
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