Electric fencers are great fun with naughty horses and goats ! Oh and kids who grab their dads hand and sayâdad I want to show you something â and grab the electric fence giving their dad a huge lifter hahaI will research this and check it out. I believe a toad died on the fence after I switched to the plug-inThe thing kept zapping. In fact, a strong zapping sound indicates foliage or wet leaves grounding it or something laying on it dead and itâs easy to track it down by sound. I believe I followed directions strictly and have it on a GFI circuit. The outlet is on DHâs tool & work area so it better be!
I believe Iâve zapped myself a couple times since putting it in and one Buckeye touched it accidentally (when they were out of the aviary netting with me). That did not turn off the power to it. First unresearched guess is what you heard applies to the old-style and now illegal way of doing electric fences, which is a dangerous âalways-onâ style and not the zap interval style. If that were the case a GFI would definitely trip and cut power. I donât know enough about all this and will let you know what I find out.
For electric fencers, they can be plugged into a GFI, but if the GFI is tripped then yes the fencer is down.
What I did is put the fencer inside the barn (as mine isnât weather proof), I used insulated wire inside the barn running from the fencer and out to the actual fence and grounding rod (which was 8â in the ground).
At the actual fence I connected the insulated wire to the actual electric fence wire - I have used wire, tape, and twine. I much preferred the twine as it breaks if the horses tangle in it, and I have seen horrific injuries from wire and tape which donât break.
What I plan with my chicken run, is to run three strands of twine on the outside of the run, the first strand at about 8â to 10â off the ground and then at 1â increments up the run fence. To keep raccoons and foxes, etc out.
An easy way to keep the fencer from grounding on weeds and grass, is to spray the fence line with Round-up to kill the vegetation. Use this in the evening after bees and other pollinators have retired for the day.
Happy zapping!
it is the same for Glynda.
