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Catalog > Electric Fence Conductors > Polywire, Polytape, Polyrope, and Reels Polywire About polyconductors: Polyconductors are made of polyethylene or other synthetic products that are interwoven with stainless steel, copper, or aluminum wires to conduct an electric charge. They have two advantages over bare metal electric fence wires, because (1) they are more visible to the deer and other animals being trained to avoid the fenced-in area, and (2) they can be reeled up and unreeled repeatedly, allowing the fence to be put up and taken down or moved about. Electric Fence Polywire All of the Baygard conductors below have three 0.4mm aluminum wires, come with a 5-year UV warranty, and have an expected life of 6-7 years. Because aluminum conducts electricity ten times better than steel, these Baygard polywires can carry a charge effectively for several miles.
Electric Fence Polytape, 0.5" Electric deer fences should only be visible to the point where deer have a general idea of where they are. They should not be so visible that deer find it easy to precisely locate, jump over, and avoid them. This sort of marginal visibility is much better served by metal wire or polywire than it is by narrow polytape, wide polytape, or polyrope. We offer these latter products on this website because some of our customers seek not to exclude deer but to contain livestock-a purpose admirably served by these more visible polyproducts. (A wider selection of livestock products may be found at The Horse Fence Store.) The half-inch polytapes offered here come in 656 foot lengths with stainless steel wires. Polytape 02-49 comes with a 1-year warranty against manufacturer's defects and UV damage, and polytape 02-51 comes with a 5-year warranty. Suggested maximum fence lengths for products 02-49 and 02-51 is 2,000 feet; for 02-52 it is 3,000 feet.   
Electric Fence Polytape, 1.5" Broad polytape, the most visible of all the polyconductors, is also quite expensive. The polytapes offered here include some of the most affordable and best to be found anywhere.Regency product 02-38 has 10 stainless steel wires 0.25mm thick and comes with a 2-year warranty against manufacturer's defects and UV damage. It is designed to cope with relatively windy sites by allowing the wind to blow through it, thereby reducing its wind resistance. Dare product 02-20 has 15 stainless steel wires 0.2 mm thick. Regency product 02-41 comes with a 2-year warranty against manufacturer's defects and UV damage. It has 15 stainless steel wires 0.25mm thick and a 700-pound breaking strength. And Baygard product 02-22 ("Equitape") has 8 aluminum wires 0.4mm thick, a 5-year warranty, and an expected life of 6-7 years. Suggested maximum electric fence lengths are 2,500 feet for product 02-20, 3,500 feet for product 02-38, 5,000 feet for product 02-41, and several miles for product 02-22.
Electric Fence Polyrope, 0.25" Generally speaking, polyrope is considerably more visible than polywire but less visible than half-inch polytape. Product 02-57 comes with a 2-year warranty against manufacturer's defects and UV damage, contains 6 stainless steel wires 0.3 mm thick and can serve as an effective conductor on fences up to 5,000 feet long. Polyconductor Reels If one is stringing a quarter-mile or more of polyconductor, these reels will quickly pay for themselves in saved time and convenience. Please note, however, that they have different holding capacities. The small Dare reel (01-38) will hold up to a quarter-mile of polywire; the large Dare reel (01-40) will hold up to a quarter-mile of half-inch polytape or 500 feet of quarter-inch polyrope. |
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