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Dwight Carson

07-03-2005 05:21:50




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Can I check an electric fence with a volt meter? Or who makes a good fence tester. Thank in advance




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Kevin Bismark

07-06-2005 17:33:14




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Dwight Carson, 07-03-2005 05:21:50  
Drawing an arc with a screwdriver or the shovel works, but then again you can alway's use the back of your hand if you feel a good bite she is probably working fine. Years ago I had lowered the fence wire between 2 posts so I could walk back and forth over a spot where I was working, and here comes the dog, he alway's went under and decided this time he was going to go under again his head was clear but when his shoulders hit he was out of there with a loud squeal, he came back an hour later and growled and barked at the wire.

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FarmerDave

07-06-2005 15:08:36




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Dwight Carson, 07-03-2005 05:21:50  
Voltage is an indicator of a fence working, but it really is only half the story. Chargers are rated in the number of joules they deliver. The more joules the harder they bite.

I have one of those cheap deals with neon lights on it. It tells me if the fence is shorted out.

The number one reason for a e-fence to fail to work is it's poorly grounded.

If I were going to spend some money on a meter, I'd get one of them that points left or right indicating the direction of the fault on a fence line.

AFAIK, you'll have good luck with gallagher fence supplies.

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Nolan

07-06-2005 03:36:46




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Dwight Carson, 07-03-2005 05:21:50  
Having destroyed more than one conventional multi-meter checking an electric fence (including one that was pretty durn nice), I don't recommend it.

You can buy the cute gauges for less than $10 to test them. But then, I never really know what it's telling me. Three led's lit up, that's nice. Will that actually stop a critter?

Grass blade works pretty well imo. Start far out, and creep in until you start feeling it. You can creep on in and feel it pretty strongly, without zapping the heck out of yourself. I've found it pretty good for figuring out how well the fence is working.

And the best method, when I really want to know just how hard is the fence zapping out here where predators seem to be coming through is to put the back of my hand on the fence and get zapped full charge.

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Coldiron

07-05-2005 14:20:00




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Dwight Carson, 07-03-2005 05:21:50  
Dwight, The elect volt meter is not really good for fence testing and sometimes you will ruin one. You can get the usual fence tester fairly cheap to test for a good circuit or you can spend 40.oo and over for a fence tester that can read the voltage. The ones that give voltage by different lights coming on are alright but the digitals are far better although more expensive. They have them that will read up to 12k volts. I like my horse fence to be no less than 3k to be real effective.

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Galen

07-03-2005 06:46:28




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Dwight Carson, 07-03-2005 05:21:50  
When I was about 9, we convinced my 6 year old cousins (EVIL twins) to test one by taking a leak on it - they found out it worked pretty good!



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Dannie

07-03-2005 06:38:39




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Dwight Carson, 07-03-2005 05:21:50  
Place finger on left hand on nose bring back of right hand up under fence until you feel tingle in nose.



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RustyFarmall

07-03-2005 06:06:21




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Dwight Carson, 07-03-2005 05:21:50  
I just use a screwdriver with a good insulated handle. Lay the shank of the screwdriver against a steel post and then slowly move the tip of the screwdriver toward the fence wire, when you are close enough you should get an arc.



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Coloken

07-03-2005 05:46:05




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Dwight Carson, 07-03-2005 05:21:50  
NO, NO ! Will burn out electronic ones. They sell little testers at farm stores. I use a piece of wire about 2-3 foot long, stick one end in ground, hold other end (with an insulated stick) up to fence and watch for spark. Poor man's tester.
Kennyp



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Jimmy King

07-03-2005 08:02:56




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Coloken, 07-03-2005 05:46:05  
I have checked them hundreds of times that was and never burned one out yet.



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Coloken

07-03-2005 09:51:51




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Jimmy King, 07-03-2005 08:02:56  
Got a 200 dollar Fluk 8060 here I will sell to you real cheap..... ... Course could have been one of those one in a million things.. I think I did say electronic meters.
Kennyp



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Jimmy King

07-03-2005 17:13:23




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Coloken, 07-03-2005 09:51:51  
My mistake Coloken I thought you were talking about using the screw driver to check the fencer. When the spark jumps a 1/4 of an inch you know it is hot.



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txgrn

07-03-2005 06:26:51




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Coloken, 07-03-2005 05:46:05  
I use a green grass stem. Depending on the moisture, I hold one end about 12" back and push forward till I feel a tingle. If I get closer than 6" I start looking for why.



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Gorilla

07-03-2005 12:13:16




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to txgrn, 07-03-2005 06:26:51  
Get a tester that shows how many volts it is putting out. My cows were getting out & for the life of me I couldnt figure out what the problem was. The wire snapped when it got up against anything. I had a simple tester that has one light & it would light up. Turns out there was "some" juice to the wire but it was grounding out at one of the insulators. You could walk up and grab it. got a new tester and I make sure it has 7000 volts minimum.

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Catskill Pete

07-03-2005 17:00:12




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Gorilla, 07-03-2005 12:13:16  
Coloken is correct electric fence surge will damage most regular electric testers,[don"t ask me how I know]. Just about any store that sells electric fencing materials also sells inexpensive testers. Effective and a whole lot less nasty suprises than some of the other methods mentioned. Course the other methods are effective, just nobody wants to try them a second time.



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Rusty Scupper

07-05-2005 11:55:37




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 Re: Electric Fencer in reply to Catskill Pete, 07-03-2005 17:00:12  
A shovel works great. Hold on metal post and touch wire. Also a fencing tool in the back pocket while crawling "not so carefully" between the hotwires.



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