Gallagher Electric Fence Troubleshooting

They have an opening that you can push the wire through broadside.

Gallagher electric fence troubleshooting.

A step by step guide on what to do if your electric fence is not working properly. If you have a thick rubber or leather sole on your shoe boots then you won t be grounded really well. New gallagher products fence energisers ba serie 9v multi wire ring top post tumble wheel kit goodnature rat mouse trap electric fence kits cat fence kit dog fence kit horse fence kit poultry fence kit featured products. These heavy duty screw in insulators are my new best friend.

Tie the ground wires together with galvanized wire and clamps at the ends then connect this to the ground rods and the ground terminal of the energizer. The use of gallagher cut out switches makes the job of finding faults easier as different sections of the fence can be isolated. After approximately 3. Make the top wire of your fence hot then the next one down a ground wire and so on.

Add extra ground rods or make them deeper. I would use a digital electric fence tester like a gallagher dvm3 tester. Go out to. Connect your fence and ground hook up wires then turn the power on.

Train your livestock to respect your electric fence it s better to train your livestock to respect your electric fence in a somewhat smaller pasture about 3 or 4 acres. If no fault is discovered with either the energizer or the ground system then check the fenceline. Powerful intelligent horse fly trap. Use your zareba fence doctor to read the voltage on the ground wire.

Gallagher recommends all hot systems only in areas with 35 inches or more of moisture per year. I m using them to replace the tube insulators on my high tensile fence because i don t need to restring the wire. Go to the troubleshooting the fence line section on page 6. In order to pull it off it may require you to draw the livestock to the electrified wire by fastening ribbon or tinfoil to the wire itself.

An animal is standing barefoot so that s why they get a good shock from it. Place the probe end of the fence tester into the soil if the voltage is less than 400 volts your grounding system is fine. Step 2 check voltage. If you re tough and willing to try this just brace yourself in case everything is working.

You have probably used an all hot system all fence wires are charged. If over 400 volts your ground rod is leaking too much voltage. Troubleshoot electric fence replacing tube insulators with screw insulators. Fence energisers mains fence.

Promotions most sold products insulated line post mbs. Step 1 power. Refer to the section on grounding in energizer installation. I originally used these yellow plastic insulators for the non.

If the voltage is 400 volts or more additional grounding is. This way you carry the ground system out. The idea is to shock them just once. A hot ground system might be a better choice.

Step 3 over 400 volts. If you re just testing it by touching the fence wire you may not feel a hard shock from doing that depending what you re wearing for shoes. Powerful battery energisers i series.