Gert, You might start by contacting agricultural and livestock associations. People who raise these critters for a living usually have a pretty good idea of what they can tolerate.
If no other guidance is available, I would recommend trying to stay within the SELV limits and space any terminals far enough apart that a cow could not contact both with its tongue - for some reason they seem to investigate everything within reach by licking it. As any child knows, a 9-volt battery pressed against the tongue creates quite a sensation. (Yeah, I tried it as a kid. The resulting brain damage caused me to go into a technical field instead of something more sensible such as investment banking. Maybe this is one explanation for mad cow disease :-) Scott Lacey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of CE-test - Ing. Gert Gremmen - ce-marking and more... Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 6:35 AM To: Emc-Pstc@Ieee. Org Subject: safe voltage limits for cattle ( cows horses etc) hello Group, Can anyone point me in the right direction to a standard or technical report concerning safe voltage limits for farm animals especially cows. The beasts will be in touch on a regular basis with a DC voltage used to charge a fence pulse generator. I know the cows are being pulsed using 10 kV when touching the fence, but a DC voltage may be different. Thanks in advance. Regards, Gert Gremmen, (Ing) Ce-test, qualified testing ================================== Web presence http://www.cetest.nl CE-shop http://www.cetest.nl/ce_shop.htm /-/ Compliance testing is our core business /-/ ==================================
<<Notebook.jpg>>
