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Post by span870 on Feb 13, 2018 19:49:29 GMT -5
Okay, I'm at the point past wild guesses and need someone that knows them. I have a 25 miles zareba. Have 10 acres fenced in, one wire around the top. Goes under two gates with plastic coated wire. Three ground rods, 6 feet apart. Dogs kept climbing over the fence today so I checked it. I'm lucky to get 600 volts coming out. Checked the grounds and they weren't the best so I changed them all, new clamps and new wire. Still only getting 600 volts. Went and bought a new Energizer and still the same. I ran a small jumper off the power side with the same grounds and got around 4000+ volts. If I recall I was getting 7000+ before. This leads me to believe it's something in the line. I walked the whole fence and there isn't anything obvious such as arcing. Nothing major touching the wire. I say major because at one time I had it hooked to the chicken wire and it energized the whole fence so it's not the handful of pieces of grass touching it. Any ideas? Anyone know how to troubleshoot the wire. I tested it right after the energizer where it comes out the barn and it's barely reading. I did read that if the circuit isn't completed even an inch away it'll read low and the farthest point could read hot. Only thing I know to do is redo all the wire and really don't wanna get into all that. Is there a way to find what the problem is without having to redo it all. I'm 99.9% sure the ground isn't the issue and that's always the first suggestion. If it was the ground I'd assume the jumper wouldn't read 4000+ volts.
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Post by nfalls116 on Feb 13, 2018 19:58:50 GMT -5
Okay, I'm at the point past wild guesses and need someone that knows them. I have a 25 miles zareba. Have 10 acres fenced in, one wire around the top. Goes under two gates with plastic coated wire. Three ground rods, 6 feet apart. Dogs kept climbing over the fence today so I checked it. I'm lucky to get 600 volts coming out. Checked the grounds and they weren't the best so I changed them all, new clamps and new wire. Still only getting 600 volts. Went and bought a new Energizer and still the same. I ran a small jumper off the power side with the same grounds and got around 4000+ volts. If I recall I was getting 7000+ before. This leads me to believe it's something in the line. I walked the whole fence and there isn't anything obvious such as arcing. Nothing major touching the wire. I say major because at one time I had it hooked to the chicken wire and it energized the whole fence so it's not the handful of pieces of grass touching it. Any ideas? Anyone know how to troubleshoot the wire. I tested it right after the energizer where it comes out the barn and it's barely reading. I did read that if the circuit isn't completed even an inch away it'll read low and the farthest point could read hot. Only thing I know to do is redo all the wire and really don't wanna get into all that. Is there a way to find what the problem is without having to redo it all. I'm 99.9% sure the ground isn't the issue and that's always the first suggestion. If it was the ground I'd assume the jumper wouldn't read 4000+ volts. My first guess is always grass touching it is there ice on the insulators? They make a fault tester but I’m not sure how good they are? |
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Post by span870 on Feb 13, 2018 20:20:21 GMT -5
No ice. It was almost 50 here today. I have a volt tester for the line and it's showing 600 volts max. The grass that is touching isn't an issue. In the summer I have climbing vines that cover it and it still puts out north of 7000 volts, even then.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 13, 2018 20:34:28 GMT -5
Have you checked the voltage at the scource to see if it putting out proper voltage?
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Post by span870 on Feb 13, 2018 20:41:32 GMT -5
Have you checked the voltage at the scource to see if it putting out proper voltage? It's a little low but it's still above 4000 volts. Even the new one I put on was the same. |
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Post by esshup on Feb 14, 2018 6:42:08 GMT -5
I'd double check the connections going to the ground rod, make sure all of the connections don't have corrosion on them. You might want to call in an electrician that has a meter to read the ohms that the ground rods have.
Any corrosion at the connections will pull juice from the system.
A client put lightning rods on his building and when the ground rods were tested, they weren't making good connection with the ground. They had to weld ground rods end to end and they eventually sunk them 40' into the ground to get the ground rods to read in the correct resistance range.
I'd disconnect the fence from the unit and check the output after you double check the ground connections. If it isn't what you saw before, maybe the unit is going bad.
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Post by hornzilla on Feb 14, 2018 7:30:05 GMT -5
Sounds like a ground issue. On the horse fence I run two grounds. First one to a ground stake like you have. Then a second to my first t post.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 7:40:41 GMT -5
An electric fence in principle is simple, but the application using the ground as your return back to the source can be an issue. If your are getting 4000V from the source then your system has a return issue (ground). Check the ground wiring from the ground rod(s) to the power source. If you had a breakage you would see a very low to 0 voltage reading. You might need to call someone that can meter your wires. Since your system did work the ground may be okay. Check the power voltage wire to the fence and then the ground wire from the ground rods to the return on the supply.  |
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