No, No...not 110 vac household power! 110 VAC at 20 or 30 amps can be deadly to unaware humans and animals. Visit a good ag type hardware store that carries the hot wire charger for cattle, horses, sheep, etc. We have used it for our horses and dogs without issues. The voltage is high, but minimal current, like walking on a rug, getting shocked touching a wall. There is not enough voltage x current to power a lightbulb, but the voltage is enough to shock a horse or dog. I can touch mine to see if it is working, not pleasant, but effective. The hot wire (carrying voltage) is strung where needed, insulated from the ground (use insulators meant for hot wires or I simply use PVC pipe as supports. Here it is dry and we don't see rain. The hot wire is energized and the other wire is the ground, literally. A copper pipe or tube can be hammered into the ground where the ground wire is connected. A circuit is completed between the two (hot wire and ground) resulting in a shock. An animal is standing barefooted on the ground, touching the wire, and gets a shock. Best is ground is damp/wet for good connection. Because it is high voltage (relatively speaking, like a spark plug wire) it is effective over a long distance (pasture) or in less than damp conditions. Tough animals like cattle respect the wire, my dogs respect a wire even when it is not connected to anything as they became trained with their initial experience. It scares the animal, but causes no harm. Horses seem to sense the voltage on the wire and avoid it. One problem (other than urinating on a hot wire) is that plants that touch the hot wire will short it out and somehow animals know when it is not working. Plants must be trimmed back from the hotwire regularly.