do I have a faulty Zareba® 5 Mile Battery Operated Solid State Charger

[chickengeorgeto]

They did that

Pour a gallon of water on the ground, remove your shoes and socks, stand on the wet place and then grab-a-hold of the fence. If you are not well grounded yourself you will not get well shocked.

 

[cmom]

My fence chargers are AC. My electric wires that go around coops and pens are poly rope wire , around my chick coop and pens run around 4500 Volts. The wires around my outer coops and pens run around 9000 volts.
These are the chargers I use.

 

[cmom]

 

[llombardo]

My fence chargers are AC. My electric wires that go around coops and pens are poly rope wire , around my chick coop and pens run around 4500 Volts. The wires around my outer coops and pens run around 9000 volts.
These are the chargers I use.
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I'm actually upgrading to the 10 mile one. I killed all the weeds,but I worry something will grow that I won't catch. I believe there is actually less voltage with poly versus wire, yes?

 

[cmom]

My sister has wire, I have the poly rope wire and when I have touched it it made my heart skip several beats. I think depends more on the joules of your fence charger. The more joules the more of a zap. I have around 4500+ volts on my .5 joule 10 mile charger and around 9000+ volts on my .9 joule 25 mile fence charger. My sister has a .1 joule charger and her dogs have gotten shocked by it so they know it's there. I do roundup around my fence line to keep the weeds off of the wire especially this time of year.

 

[cmom]

This is the charger my sister has and when you touch it, it is like being stung by a bee.

 

[cmom]

My chargers are AC because I have power to the barn where they are plugged in.

 

[llombardo]

I got zapped today. You would think by now I would remember it was there. I feel it's enough for a raccoon. I know it's enough for the dogs.

 

[cmom]

I have gotten zapped a few times myself. My sister doesn't think her wire or charger are working. I told her to touch the wire. It would be like getting stung like a bee.

 

[123RedBeard]

Today I thought I finish my electric fence around my run, but I can't get enough "juice" to the wire.
I have a solar charged 12v battery that is fully charged and the Zareba 5 mile charger. I ran only 250 ft wire, there is nothing but the insulators touching these wires, ground is 8ft away from charger in wet ground. I have a voltmeter, so I can see how "hot" the wire is. It does not get above 2V and it should be a minimum of 2000V even right at the charger it stays in the 2V range. I can touch and hold the wire - its unpleasant but absolutely doable. Am I doing anything totally wrong or is my charger faulty? I am at a loss.

So ... @Zwillingsmama ... what have you figured out?