Posted by Notjustair on June 12, 2014 at 09:21:23 from (174.255.0.105):
I've had electric fences all my life but I don't know the answer to this one. A cow out yesterday got me to thinking.
When I go out to check the fence I unhook it in case I need to work on anything. Could I ground it out instead? I was thinking of taking a rod and attaching an insulated wire and clamp like on a set of jumper cables. If I stick that rod in the ground and then clamp onto the fence won't it kill the fence even though it is still hooked up? I would think so. Except that would mean that when a cow hit it anywhere on the line the whole thing would be dead. Granted, only for a second.
I have a tester and was going to rig something up but I honestly don't trust the tester. The fence here at home is bionic - my goal everyday is not to get bitten by it and I never have. It literally killed a snapping turtle the other day that got hung up under it - one that was bigger than dinner plate size. I'm afraid that tester would read "0" but there would still be some stray or something.
It would just save lots of trips to the shed to kill the charger.
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