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Re: Electric Fence

On Sun 12 Apr, Ross E Stanford wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 17:58:49 +0000 (GMT) Allan Day
> <allan@crwys.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >On Sat 11 Apr, Ross E Stanford wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
Subject:- my electric fence,..........

Answer You can have as much and as many wires as you like in parallel
(techie language for all tied together) as long as you keep the
leakage down i.e. no twigs,grass,leaves, people (alive or dead) hanging
on the wires, and good insulation all along. Remember you are only
dealing with a tiny current due to leakage in the standby mode, and
when an 'event' occurs the resistor in the fencing unit limits the
current.  I have invested in a checker to find faults. It has a
number of lights and is connected to the wire to see if the voltage is
getting around, if not then it is either a poor connection (series
fault) or there is an unwanted path to ground (shunt). Moist conditions
can do this temporarily.
Remember to switch off before carrying out 'technical adjustments'
(fixes) or you may have cause to regret it!
-- 
Allan Day 41  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk Tel:- 01432
275443 (+answer m/c)
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