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Fence Charger-gate shock?

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hayray

04-06-2006 04:24:30




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Ok, I have a suppossadly properly grouned line fencer, plug it in and the gate shocks me, nothing touchin gate. Shock is inconsistent and never happens when my electrician friend comes over to figure it out. What the hell is going on?

Ray




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T_Bone

04-08-2006 09:04:21




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 Re: Fence Charger-gate shock? in reply to hayray, 04-06-2006 04:24:30  
Hi Ray,

Probably a bad insulator that's attached to the gate post, maybe split?

You might be able to use a compass to pick-up the leaking eddy currents? Don't know I never tried it.

T_Bone



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jeffcat

04-06-2006 15:32:05




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 Re: Fence Charger-gate shock? in reply to hayray, 04-06-2006 04:24:30  
You can look at it this way. Every time you get a little hit...it will rev you up and you have a lajit reason to say a few bad words!



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hayray

04-07-2006 05:14:54




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 Re: Fence Charger-gate shock? in reply to jeffcat, 04-06-2006 15:32:05  
Ah come on now,

this is my slow and relaxing season, I wait until hay baling and then even make up words I did not know existed when the baler breaks down.



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souNdguy

04-06-2006 07:53:10




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 Re: Fence Charger-gate shock? in reply to hayray, 04-06-2006 04:24:30  
I used to get shocked from my gates as well.. found 2 causes. First. most of the time the gate is more or less insulated from ground via the wood post. Now.. I've seen a blade of grass conduct enough power to shock me.. also, I noticed that sometimes when I opened the gate, the wire at the bend would touch the gate as it opened.. thus shocking me. I ended up using a short piece of flexible insulated wire right at the bend.. ( Wire core spark plug wire... good flexible copper core.. and nice 8mm high voltage insulator.. )

Soundguy

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Bob

04-06-2006 06:31:02




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 Re: Fence Charger-gate shock? in reply to hayray, 04-06-2006 04:24:30  
Assuming (DANGEROUS word) your electrical system gas been checked out OK by an electrician, drive a ground rod, and run a flexible ground strap form the ground rod to the gate, and bolt it securely to bare, clean metal on the gate. That should take care of any shocks from the fence!



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hayray

04-07-2006 05:24:07




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 Re: Fence Charger-gate shock? in reply to Bob, 04-06-2006 06:31:02  
OK guys that sounds like a good idea, but how does the current get to the gate, because isn't the circut supposed to be closed from the fencer and ground rods? I beleives yahs but splain to me the logic on this.

Ray



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04-07-2006 17:36:31




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 Re: Fence Charger-gate shock? in reply to hayray, 04-07-2006 05:24:07  
We just built a fence for a landlord and his hayburners and he had the same problem. I checked it out the other day and 1/4 the way around his 2 acre pasture he has another gate. There one of the insulators was cracked and was arcing across to the wire used to cross brace the end post which I can only guess was then allowing enough juice into the 5 other fence wires and back up to the gate. I thought wood was a non-insulator but I couldn't find any other source and he hasn't been shocked in 2 days so either that was it or just a coincidence.

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