Gatetrix Fills Gap in Electric Fencing Market

Without giving anyone a nasty shock

January 08, 2007 - Press Dispensary - Electric fencing specialist Gatetrix ( http://www.gatetrix.co.uk ) is launching a gate contact kit that permits easy access through a standard gate whilst allowing electric tape across it to deter livestock from chewing or escaping and running amok. The recently formed Worcestershire business will demonstrate its gate contact kit during the British Equestrian Trade Association’s international fair at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, on February 18-20, 2007.

The Gatetrix contact kit means electric fencing can safely and simply be connected across gates because the circuit breaks automatically when the gate is opened, then reconnects when it is closed. With this clever system in place, the gate is secured with a traditional latch and there's no need to touch the electric fencing when operating the gate.

The insulator created for the gate contact is made of high quality ABS plastic and can be used as a universal insulator for the whole electric fence system – complete with a seven-year guarantee against weather damage.

The system offers huge advantages over the two cumbersome conventional alternatives. The first of these methods involves burying electrical tape underground, which means the gate is unprotected and may need to be reinforced with barbed wire. The second involves up to three sets of special handles – one for each electrical tape. These handles have to be removed and placed on the floor before the gate can be opened, and then put back in place when it is closed again. Worse still, the electrical system may be damaged as it continues to pump out jolts of up to 4,000 volts while the handles are on the floor.

Trevor Honor, electrician and proprietor of Gatetrix, says: “People often say the best ideas are the simplest ones, and I’d like to think our gate contact system is a classic example of that old adage. My wife and I have two horses, and I reached a point where I thought there must be an easier method than fiddling around with all those annoying handles. The whole Gatetrix idea developed from this realisation. I believe our system is a godsend for people who own livestock and encounter gates all the time."

Gatetrix's plastic and metal components are all made locally from the best available materials. Says Mr. Honor: "Insulators we’ve bought from other sources have corroded in less than a year, but ours are made from such high quality plastic that we’re happy to offer a seven-year guarantee. Like wise, we decided to use stainless steel for all the metal products and fixings.”


The Gatetrix range of electric fencing products includes a series of four different tensioners which are used in conjunction with the universal insulator to direct electric tape around the fence system. These are the slide, angled and buckled tensioners, plus the highly unusual three-way tensioner which allows three pieces of tape to be joined from different directions.

Gatetrix has also designed a slide pin – compatible with most other manufacturers’ tensioners – which allows tape to be connected as normal, but also provides a simple way of releasing it so that adjustments can be made to the fencing system. The metal elements of all Gatetrix products are made of stainless steel, including the fixings.

Gatetrix has entered its gate contact, insulator, slide tensioner and three-way tensioner for the innovation award at the British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA) fair at the NEC in Birmingham from February 18-20, 2007. The business will have a stand at the fair, and the gate contact will be displayed in the new product gallery.

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Gatetrix is an electric fencing specialist established in Worcestershire in November 2006. The business was launched by electrician Trevor Honor, designer of the Gatetrix gate contact and other high quality electric fencing products aimed at the equestrian and other livestock markets.

For further information, please contact:
Trevor Honor, Gatetrix
Tel: 01527 893500 Email:
Site: www.gatetrix.co.uk