Installing Insulators on Corner, End and Gate Posts

After setting all corner, end and gate posts and correctly bracing them, you are ready to fasten insulators. Since wood conducts electricity, you must use insulators on all posts, including brace posts, to eliminate electrical shorts.

Use ElectroBraid™ Roller Insulators, They are specially engineered:

• To reduce friction when tensioning
• For Safety
• For durability
• For ease of installation.

Measure and mark the location of each of your planned strands of Braid on one of your end posts. Then make a jig to help you mark the other posts (a jig is simply a stick on which you indicate the position of each insulators so you don't have to measure at every post).

There are two methods for attaching ElectroBraid™ Roller Insulators: You may simply screw the insulator in place with 2 1/2" stainless steel screws or alternatively you may use webbing as follows...

Place the insulator on its designated mark and lightly tap a nail through a hole in the insulator to hold it in place. Only lightly tap the nail in place, as you will later remove this nail. On end posts the insulator should face the line of the fence. On corner posts the insulator should face inwards, bisect the angle of change.

When the insulator is suspended in place, thread a piece of polyester webbing through the insulator and around the post. Overlap the webbing by at least 3". Cut the webbing and singe both ends with a lighter to prevent the webbing from fraying. Use two stainless steel screws to secure the webbing at the back of the post where the webbing overlaps. When the webbing is secure, remove the temporary nail. Removing the nail frees the insulator and allows it to pivot and adjust to the contour of the land when you tension the ElectroBraid™.

Complete the installation of insulators on your corner and end posts using the jig for spacing

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