[PeterPrinciple]

Between pulses of current,

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And that is the safety feature of an electric fence. In the early days of electric fence they didn’t have this and livestock died. Downed power lines don’t have the safety feature.

[Riley]

I remember that occurring to me at the time, after I realized what had happened and had recovered a bit. I was about fifteen and had no previous experience with cattle fences, beyond seeing one from time to time and figuring the smart thing was to just leave it alone.

It seemed sensible to me that folks who keep large animals really don’t want to electrocute them, they just want them to not escape. :-)

No damage, no burns that I was aware of. It made all my muscles seize up and on the second pulse, I emitted this sort of clamped-jaw groan. I had no idea what was happening until the second hit.