Feature
●ELECTRIFIABLE prefabricated portable mesh that arrives at your door as a complete fence. Posts are preinstalled at set intervals. Strong plastic struts reduce sagging between posts. Multiple rolls may be connected together.
●CONTAIN sheep, goats and guard dogs, while repelling coyotes, stray dogs and bears.
●Recommend using additional support posts at ends and corners, such as Premiers 42" FiberTuff posts (sold separately).
●EASY SET UP and move. Takes approximately 10 minutes to setup a roll of netting. Important to perform routine vegetation maintenance to minimize grass/weed load on the fence and reduce energy drain.
●MUST BE PROPERLY ENERGIZED TO BE EFFECTIVE! Energizer is not included. Warning! Do NOT use continuous current energizers with electric netting.
Description
Premier 42" ElectroStop
A prefabricated fence that has 10 horizontal twines (9 conductive); is 42" tall installed, and has large white plastic vertical struts every 12".
White PVC posts are built into the mesh every 12.5. The result, when energized properly, is a nearly impenetrable mesh to sheep, goats, coyotes and dogs.
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ColorThe black and white colors provide 24/7 visibility to both humans and animals against light and dark backgrounds. Its low electrical resistance (only 38 Ω/1000 ft) is an important benefit for longer fences and/or fences with high weed contact. |
Common UsesUsed to keep sheep, goats, guard dogs in while keeping out stray dogs and coyotes. Also used to keep bear away from bee hives. Suitable for cattle. With proper care, netting should last 5-7 years. |
BenefitsVery easy to move. Secure for adults, lambs and kids. Extra height is better for large and/or flighty animals. Visible for animals against all back grounds. End posts act as built in gates. Multiple nets hook to each other quickly via a clip on each end. Double spike posts are more stable in soft soils. Plastic strut verticals are more rigid than string verticals. Nets with vertical struts bunch less than string verticals when the net is being rolled up or unrolled. |
PrecautionsElectric fence is a pain barrier, not a physical barrier. A common mistake is not electrifying it. Animals may escape or become entangled (and may die). On a % basis, entanglement is very rare, but it can and does occur. If animals are scared or starved it will not keep them in. The first time you put the animals in the net, you should be available to watch them for a while. That way if one were to get into the fence and get caught, you can turn the power off and get them loose. |
Electrify Your Fence
Electrifying the fence with an energizer is essential. For the fence to be effective at keeping out predators, it must be electrified to deter them from the flock.
Energizers sold separately.
How electric netting works...
The visual combination of a close mesh of vertical and horizontal wires encourages animals to touch it with their sensitive nose, ears or beak. But all horizontal strands (an exception is the strand on the ground) in most netting connects to a powerful fence energizer that sends a shock down the wires every second. Result? Animals conclude the fence itself is painful?and then avoid it.
The horizontal strands are energized (except for the bottom one that rests on the grass) by a fence energizer. When livestock or ground-based predators touch it, they receive a high-voltage shock from the brief electric pulse?and learn to avoid it.
This is netting’s biggest negative. Too much green grass or weed contact lowers the voltage of the fence. To overcome:
- When grass gets 6" high, mow along the fence. If you mow into the fence, your wallet, the mower and the net will regret it! Move the net into the mowed strip by removing and reinstalling one post at a time. Takes approx. 5 minutes per roll of net.
- Or buy an energizer with enough joule output to cope with extra weed contact.
A good rule of thumb is to buy an energizer with more joule output than you’ll think you need. When the fence pleases, most folks will buy more fence?and need additional output.
