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You must remember to not plug unit in until you are finished stringing the wire...  Seriously, you need to plan the route of the wire first.  Will there be gates, does it have to go over driveways, or lanes, over water, etc.  Also, what type of animals are you keeping in?  Is it the sole fence, or will it have welded wire, or board fence that it will be partnered with? What will your fence posts be constructed of?  What type of insulators will you use?  All of this should be determined first.    If you need to prevent dogs, coyotes, etc. from getting in at your animals, or if you are fencing in pigs, you should plan on running a strand of wire about 4 in. from the ground.  Not able to touch and ground out, but close enough to prevent snouts of pigs, and dogs to enter under it...  Also, if you are trying to protect board fences from horses cribbing or rubbing against them, good to use longer extender insulators.  I make mine from pvc water pipe, with a groove cut for wire to sit into, and screw them with 2 screws onto posts, usually 12 inches long, that way, horses will not approach the wood fence, and they are flexible enough that they will give if they do bump it, not snap off like the rigid plastic store bought ones do..  You also need to reinforce your inside corners, there are plastic rings that you string the wire through, and you can make a loop of wire and hang it from the corner fence without it touching the electrified part.  Gate latches can be put on inside of rigid gates be they wood or steel, especially with horses, they like to step upon gates and rub their butts on them.  I have seen trees used as posts, but you cannot keep the weeds away from growing and grounding out the wire.  Leave access area to get near fence to weed wack weeds away from wire.  I have seen wood posts drilled and some surgical tubing as a liner with wire threaded through post, thus no insulators needed, this is very labor intensive, this guy did 5 rows of wire this way, as only fence, he kept steer, sheep, and goats in this way.  Use the best quality and stainless wire of the heaviest gauge that you can, you will not be sorry, it will last and hold up longer than light gauge wire. Those are my tips,  Good luck,,  p.s. check with your insurance company to make sure they will cover you with electric wire, and post the signage alerting people that it is electric.  Also, there are solar chargers and portable wire/post mesh for doing temporary areas, and moving with ease.