Many different manufacturers provide a multi year warranty on insulators and will replace broken ones at no cost to you. Corner Strainers Tips Tie corners properly. Porcelain or plastic strainers are acceptable. Gates Tips Use a good quality gate kit. Underground coated wire is required to transfer power from one side of the gate to another.
Braces Braces are the backbone of any good fence. Tips For a one wire paddock division a lighter brace can be used. Ensure the horizontal brace is 2. There are many options to build braces; most critical is to have corner posts 4 to 5" at least at 3.
In addition the horizontal brace and straining wire have to be installed correctly. Posts Tips Post spacing can be up to feet with high tensile wire on level ground. On hilly ground spacing should not exceed feet. Training Livestock to Respect an Electric Fence When training livestock to respect an electric fence it is a good idea to use a smaller pasture, approximately three to four acres in size, with a 3 to 4 electrified wire fence.
Fence Maintenance One of the most useful tools will be a volt meter or a fault finder. Solar Option When trying to graze livestock in remote areas, where power is not available solar panels are an option.
Temporary Fencing Electrified, high tensile wire can be used as an economical, easily install and portal fencing option. Dont's of Electric Fencing Do not power barb wire.
Do not use barb wire on gates. Do not use your gate wire to transfer power from one side of the brace to the other. Use galvanized ground wire and grounding rods to avoid this problem. Consider that most energizers use galvanized or stainless steel terminals — not copper.
Think of your ground system as an antenna that gathers electricity in order to deliver the shock to the animal. A hose clamp holding a piece of copper wire to a rusty t-post has been the weakest link of many electric fence systems. There is a misconception that dry vegetation touching an electric fence can cause fires — this is extremely unlikely. In order to create a short, vegetation needs to be damp or green so therefore the vegetation will not ignite.
Once vegetation dries out it becomes non-conductive meaning any short created disappears. The only conceivable but still very unlikely scenario where an electric fence could start a fire is when a wire shorts to an grounded metal object, such as a steel post or wire where insulators have broken, in the presence of abundant dry vegetation. This scenario is very unlikely to occur in practice, and even less so on a well-maintained fence.
Producers with fences on steel posts or using earthed wires are advised to ensure the live wires are well insulated and the fence is clear of vegetation. If these factors are of concern then on days of severe or above fire risk, consider switching the energizer off. Ready to get started? Since the earth itself makes up half of the electric fence circuit, it is very important to have a properly installed ground circuit.
In areas where poor soil and poor earth grounding conditions exist, a two-wire system can be used with one wire being electrically charged while the other wire acts as earth ground. The electrically charged fence wire must not be allowed to come into contact with shrubs, tall grass, fence posts, nails or any other conductive objects on a continual basis.
Regardless of what wiring system is utilized, ground rod s and their connection to the charger's ground terminal must always be used. The fence charger is the heart of your electric fence system.
In this series of blogs we are going aim to answer the most frequently asked questions and try to dispel many of the myths surrounding electric fencing. If this is the first time you have used electric fencing you may want to read these informative blogs to understand the basics and find out how an electric fence works.
So how does an electric fence work? Before we get on to how an electric fence works it is important to know what the main components of an electric fence are. So in very general terms the components below are what you would need for each system:.
The energiser converts either mains or battery power to create a high voltage pulse. The pulse is very short and is then repeated about 1 every second.
This pulse is commonly referred to as a shock and is felt by the animal as it touches the fence. The pulse having travelled through the animal then flows back through the earth to the earth stake hence creating a circuit. The shock is unpleasant so that it provides an effective deterrent when the animal next comes into contact with the fence.
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