Any tips on installing electric fence

[oldchickenman]

always use the grandkids to check to see if feence is on lol.

 

[hillbillywilly]

I am going to be putting one up real soon. Thanks for that advice I think that I will use my son to check!!!

Maybe even put a youtube video up of it for great laughs

 

[cmjust0]

The grounding system is half the fence.

If you get your ground system right, you'll have already eliminated about 90% of the common complaints about electric fences.

My grounding system is four 8' galvanized rods connected to the 'cold' wires on the fence with real ground rod clamps, and the cold wires -- all three -- are then connected to the ground lug on the charger. That gives two shock paths:

1) Directly through the ground, which runs through the rod, to the cold wires, and back to the charger

2) From the hot to the cold wire, with the offending critter completing the circuit between the two.

The hot/cold is helpful when the ground gets too dry to complete the circuit...all they have to do is touch a hot and cold and SNAP.

My fence regularly pegs a 5-light tester at 5500 volts, and I haven't cleared the weeds off of it in...3 years?

Something else I'd suggest is to make sure the wire that runs from your charger to your fence is at least as thick as the wires you expect to charge.. I was charging three strands of 12-1/2ga hi tensile, so I connected three strands of 12-1/2ga wire to the charger and ran those out to the fence.. That way, you're not getting a 'bottleneck' (high resistance) just as it's coming out of the charger's lugs.

 

[cmom]

Here is a picture of my power supply, switch and the top of the ground rod.
75% of my ground rod is under ground.

 

[greggooo]

I"m trying to think....I saw something that had good info on how to do fences.

I do remember that the 1st wire was very low....like 6~8".....then another higher one for mid size.

Make sure to follow the instructions closely on grounding and not to let grass grow into the lower wires.

Check the web....you'll likely find diagrams and suggestions.

I put a Zareba 50 mile charger around my 2 acres......."CRACK!!!" .......

It keeps the neighbors bull out....and my cows IN.

Can I ask a question? Just about to put my new pullets out in the coop and run that I built. I may want an electric fence. Would that totally electrify all of the hardware cloth if it touches it? Or the predator apron?