Section SPS 316.023 - Electric fences The following are department rules in addition to the requirements of the NEC®:
(1) ELECTRIC FENCE CONTROLLERS. (a) Electric fence controllers shall be of a type listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory.(b) Electric fence controllers shall be installed and used in the exact manner and for the exact purpose indicated by the manufacturer's instructions, markings, listings or labels.(2) GROUNDING. Electric fence controllers shall be grounded as specified in NEC 250, except that where stray voltages in dairy barns or milking parlors create physical problems to the animals, the use of a single made electrode shall be permitted.(3) EXCEPTION. Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to electric fence controllers designed and manufactured for the purpose of controlling humans.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 316.023
Adopted by, CR 08-047: cr. Register February 2009 No. 638, eff. 3-1-09; CR 16-093: renum. from SPS 316.013, cr. (3) Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 8/1/2018.Under s. 101.18, Stats., the Department is responsible for establishing "...reasonable standards, rules or regulations for the erection, construction, repair and maintenance of electric fences as shall render them safe."