Applied lab
Module 10: Installation Practicum (Applied Lab)
This module is a planning exercise rather than new lecture content — it's where the numbers from Modules 3–6 get applied to a concrete scenario, the same way you'll be asked to do in the capstone project on the final exam.
Work through the following planning sequence for a hypothetical 4-acre rectangular horse paddock, roughly 400 ft × 435 ft, with one existing gate location on the road side:
- Choose a perimeter material (Module 2) and justify it against the visibility/impact criteria.
- Size the corner posts and specify line-post spacing for that material (Modules 5–6).
- If electrified, specify a target on-fence voltage and sketch a grounding plan (Module 3).
- If off-grid, run the solar sizing calculation from Module 4 for the chosen energizer's daily draw.
- Mark where the fence would need tighter spacing (corners) and where gate placement should sit relative to the corners (Module 6).
Keep your notes from this exercise — the exam's capstone project builds directly on this same style of full-property plan, applied to a scenario you'll be given at that point.
There's no single correct layout for the practicum scenario — the exam capstone will grade your capstone submission on whether your choices are internally consistent and correctly justified against the standards from Modules 1–9, not on matching one prescribed layout.